Incident date: 2022-03-01
NAICS industry code: 331511

An employee was using a come-a-long to adjust steel plates in the tumble blasting machine. When the employee released the pressure on the come-a-long, their left thumb was caught between a steel plate and the edge of the machine. The thumb tip was partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high