Incident date: 2020-07-27
NAICS industry code: 532490

An employee was lifting a hydraulic cylinder onto a bench vise for repairs. The vice rotated and the employee's left thumb was caught in a fitting hole. Then the cylinder rotated and caught the employee's thumb against the vise amputating the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Vises, clamps
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high