Incident date: 2020-09-04
NAICS industry code: 811192

An employee was using a towel to dry tire rims on a vehicle that had just exited the car wash. After stopping at the bump stop, the vehicle began to slowly roll backwards. When this occurred the employee's right ring finger became stuck in the tire rim and  amputated above the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
code_source: title: Passenger vehicle, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high