Incident date: 2016-01-13
NAICS industry code: 484220

An employee was unbolting screws that secured a steel flange to a collar support at the end of a hydraulic cylinder. After a coworker separated the collar from the flange using a pry bar, the 200- to 300-pound flange fell and crushed the employee's little finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high