Incident date: 2021-08-15
NAICS industry code: 221115

An employee was aligning the butt section of a wind turbine when his left middle finger was struck by the reaction arm when it extended, resulting in amputation to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Windmills, wind turbines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high