Incident date: 2015-09-28
NAICS industry code: 332912

On September 28, 2015, at 7:00 p.m., an employee was adjusting the stroke length on a pneumatically powered cylinder. The cylinder actuated when the employee reattached the air source (100 psi) to the pneumatic cylinder, amputating the employee's right-hand pinky fingertip in the pinch point between the end of the cylinder body and the cylinder rod cap.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high