Incident date: 2017-08-30
NAICS industry code: 236220

On August 30, 2017, at approximately 2:15 p.m., an employee was transitioning a process air compressor from the vertical to the horizontal position when the employee's fingers were caught between the compressor's round housing and the internal tube section, amputating the left ring finger above the first knuckle and the left pinky fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Air compressors
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high