Incident date: 2022-11-14
NAICS industry code: 332993

On November 14, 2022, at 1:30 p.m., an employee and co-worker were removing fuses off of military projectiles. The employee's left hand was on a projectile as the co-worker applied the locking mechanism on the weapons vice to hold the projectile in place. The employee's hand got caught in the weapons vise, resulting in a crushed little finger and a partial surgical amputation of the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high