Incident date: 2022-07-07
NAICS industry code: 311520

An employee was reassembling a piston. She was trying to insert the sleeve inside the piston by hitting the piston onto the table when her finger was caught in the side port of the sleeve. She suffered a fingertip amputation.

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