Incident date: 2024-01-17
NAICS industry code: 326211

On January 17, 2024, an employee was manually turning the shaft of a 1-inch pneumatic impact wrench to remove a lug nut. The impact wrench activated and amputated the employee's right thumb tip above the knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Wrenches, ratchets
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high