Incident date: 2017-04-25
NAICS industry code: 238290

An employee was installing a seal on a large shaft when it slipped and pinched his right index finger between the shaft and a flange. The employee was hospitalized and his right index finger was amputated at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Machine, tool, and electric parts, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high