Incident date: 2018-09-25
NAICS industry code: 221112

Employees were using two 10-ton hydraulic rams in disassembling a sump pump. The rams slipped from position, hitting an employee's left thumb and causing a comminuted distal phalanx fracture. The thumb was subsequently amputated at the base of the nail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Push-pull rams-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high