Incident date: 2017-09-01
NAICS industry code: 326211

An employee was repairing a balancer that had a broken pin when the high-tension springs released and the unit fell on his left index finger, amputating the soft tissue on his fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high