Incident date: 2021-01-06
NAICS industry code: 336390

An employee was adjusting end caps on a fuel tank when the end cap clamps were activated, causing the employee's right thumb tip to be pinched between a cylinder and the end cap and resulting in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high