Incident date: 2016-04-03
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was using a pneumatic torque wrench when the locking mechanism pinched his right ring finger. Part of his finger had to be surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Turning handtools-powered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high