Incident date: 2021-04-15
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was securing a water blaster in its stow position when the equipment shifted, catching the employee's finger between the locking bar and the equipment. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation on the left hand and was hospitalized.

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