Incident date: 2021-05-19
NAICS industry code: 562111

A welding technician was installing hydraulic packing cylinders for an Automate Side Loader (ASL). The cylinder was on a stand. When the employee attempted to move the cylinder it slipped and fell on the employee's finger pinning the employee's hand against the front part of the truck body. When the employee tried to remove their hand from under the cylinder, their right ring fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: moderate