Incident date: 2018-03-16
NAICS industry code: 331210

An employee was operating a paint machine when the pistons became stuck, so he applied lubricant oil to make them come loose. He was cleaning near the piston by hand when the piston suddenly came loose and caught the his right index fingertip, amputating it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Painting, priming, metal coating machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high