Incident date: 2021-12-12
NAICS industry code: 331110

The injured employee was servicing a traveling water screen. He was holding an Allen wrench, which was locked into a bolt; as another employee tightened the bolt, his right little finger was caught between the wrench and the machine's sprocket. He suffered an amputation to the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high