Incident date: 2015-12-21
NAICS industry code: 336211

An employee was setting the axle into the axle bracket. The employee used his hands to unjam the axle from the axle bracket. When the axle came free, the employee's middle fingertip was amputated between the axle and the axle bracket.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high