Incident date: 2017-03-02
NAICS industry code: 423830

On March 02, 2017, an employee was at a customer site attempting to remove a tire from a forklift. While removing the lug nuts, the tire exploded severing the employee's left thumb, below the knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Tires, except bike
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high