Incident date: 2023-03-29
NAICS industry code: 423110

An employee was replacing a melted airline on a power take-off (PTO) drive line U-joint. He was holding a razor blade in his left hand and the airline in his right. As he put pressure on the airline with the blade, the blade shifted and cut through both the airline and his right middle finger, resulting in amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Box cutters and razor knives
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high