Incident date: 2016-01-06
NAICS industry code: 441310

An employee was de-rimming a tire using a tire-mounting machine. While he was pushing the bead breaker bar, his hand slipped and got caught between the rim and the breaker bar, amputating his right ring fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Wheels, tire rims
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high