Incident date: 2019-09-13
NAICS industry code: 336212

An employee was trying to separate two wheel wells with a chisel and a mallet. The wheel wells came back and struck the employee's finger, causing a split finger and an amputation.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high