Incident date: 2025-07-06
NAICS industry code: 321212

A maintenance employee was changing a shaft on a piece of equipment that had been isolated for repair. While positioning the shaft into place, the shaft fell approximately two feet and pinched the employee's left index finger. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the fingertip without bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object  unspecified
code_source: title: Engine, motor, and mechanical parts  unspecified
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high