Incident date: 2017-04-12
NAICS industry code: 423310

An employee was tightening the tension on a garage door spring when the winding bar slipped off the cone causing the spring to unwind. The employee was hospitalized for a laceration and fractures to his left thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Garage doors
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate