Incident date: 2020-06-15
NAICS industry code: 333999

An employee had a mandrel in the vertical position in a vise. As the employee was opening the vise to release the mandrel, the mandrel tipped to the right, causing the employee's right hand to move to the right. During this process, the employee's right pinky finger was caught between the jaw casting and body casting of the vise, causing a partial amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Vises, clamps
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high