Incident date: 2018-09-06
NAICS industry code: 333923

An employee was removing a keeper pin with another employee when the keeper pin released more easily than expected and the pin removal tool slipped into the opening of the frame.  The employee's fingertip was caught between the head of the pin removal tool and the turn table, amputating a portion of the fingernail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Handtools-power not determined, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)
severity: high