Incident date: 2016-03-24
NAICS industry code: 484230

An employee was trying to cage a brake chamber with a caging bolt. The caging bolt was too short, so the employee applied shop air to the chamber to connect the bolt. As the employee was installing a fitting on the chamber to connect it to the air hose coupling, the employee's left middle finger was caught and crushed between the chamber and bolt washer.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate