Incident date: 2023-03-15
NAICS industry code: 331423

An employee was tightening a loose bolt that had allowed the steel back in a vertical hydraulic cylinder to loosen. The steel back closed on the employee's left hand, amputating it. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Hand(s), n.e.c.
severity: high