Incident date: 2024-04-05
NAICS industry code: 441320

An employee was using a balancing machine to balance a truck tire when the wheel slipped and caught his left ring finger between the tire and the tire hub, resulting in  amputation of the first digit of his left ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Other special process machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high