Incident date: 2018-08-19
NAICS industry code: 811310

While repairing a brown stock washer, an employee was attempting to remove a tie rod from the packing with a come-along when the tie rod fell. The employee reached out to grab the packing and his right fourth finger was crushed between the tie rod and a hydraulic shaft, resulting in a finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high