Incident date: 2021-08-24
NAICS industry code: 447190

On August 24, 2021, an employee was using a pry bar to expand brake shoes and springs. The bar slipped and the brake shoe closed on the tip of the employee's left ring finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Vehicle, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high