Incident date: 2023-10-26
NAICS industry code: 336390

An employee was using a driver mounted on a flex arm to torque nuts onto studs on wheel assemblies. The employee's gloved left hand slipped off the non-rotating speed collar and became caught on the rotating driver shaft. The employee's distal phalanx on their left thumb was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Turning handtools-powered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high