Incident date: 2021-06-08
NAICS industry code: 336212

An employee was unpacking two suspensions that were bolted together with a razor-sharp angle bracket. While the employee was using a box end wrench to unscrew the bolt, the suspensions shifted and caught the employee's right index finger. The fingertip was amputated behind the nail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high