Incident date: 2017-03-06
NAICS industry code: 325199

Two employees were removing bolts from a flange. One employee was loosening the bolts by hand and another employee was using a pneumatic socket wrench. The wrench has a bar that travels with it and the bar pinched the first employee's finger resulting in amputation of the right index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
code_source: title: Turning handtools-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high