Incident date: 2021-01-15
NAICS industry code: 423850

An employee was positioning a shim under the corner of piece of equipment being lifted by a 10-ton hydraulic jack. The jack kicked out, causing the shim to kick out and crush the employee's right thumb and index finger. The index fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high