Incident date: 2025-05-14
NAICS industry code: 331492

On May 14, 2025, an employee was sitting cross-legged and removing a pneumatic rail car vibrator from its bracket to empty the next pocket in the rail car. When the employee went to set the vibrator down, he placed it on a hammer that was sitting in front of him and the vibrator teetered to the side, catching his little finger. The employee sustained an amputated fingertip at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Other product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high