Incident date: 2025-03-12
NAICS industry code: 811111

At about 2:00 p.m. on March 11, 2025, two employees were working on a 33-inch, 400-pound cylinder head. As they were lifting the cylinder head (one operating a hoist and the other using a steel bar), it slipped and crushed the left little finger of one of the employees. The finger was medically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Combustion engine blocks, cylinders, pistons
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high