Incident date: 2017-02-20
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee loosening nuts using a hydraulic torque wrench pinched his left ring finger between the nut and wrench. The finger was amputated up to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Turning handtools-powered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high