Incident date: 2015-10-13
NAICS industry code: 333517

An employee was working on a 32" hydroform. The piston had been removed from the equipment. The collar on the center piston slide down and caught the employee's right hand injuring the index finger. It was later amputated at the hospital.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Fasteners, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high