Incident date: 2015-01-07
NAICS industry code: 928120

While testing a main rotor head an employee reached in to remove a piece of tape and the hinge started to move into the fold position.  The employee's fingertip was in a pinch point at the time and the tip of the finger was amputated at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Helicopter
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high