Incident date: 2023-01-31
NAICS industry code: 811310

On January 31, 2023, an employee was holding one end of the bracket (used on a military vehicle) with his left hand while drilling on the other end of the bracket. The bracket swung to the left and struck his thumb, causing an amputation without bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Other vehicles, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high