Incident date: 2018-11-08
NAICS industry code: 336991

An employee was trying to remove a wheel from a rear wheel manipulator. The air cylinder holding pressure to the wheel became stuck. The employee worked to remove the wheel while the power was off; it was then turned on, and the employee's left little finger was amputated to the first knuckle. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high