Incident date: 2021-01-15
NAICS industry code: 452112

An employee was removing a brake chamber from a tractor. The spring released the pressure and his finger was crushed between the brake chamber and the axle housing. The employee sustained a fracture and a partial amputation of the fingertip.

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