Incident date: 2018-12-12
NAICS industry code: 333120

An employee helped a second employee assemble a boom stop, which involved sliding a spring into a tube. The employee's right index finger was pinched between the spring coil and the outer edge of the tube, amputating the fingertip.

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