Incident date: 2018-10-26
NAICS industry code: 322121

Maintenance employees were using a sliding C clamp to press bearings onto a shaft. As one maintenance employee tightened the C clamp by hand, the C clamp slipped off the bearing and pinched the injured employee's middle finger, resulting in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Vises, clamps
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high