Incident date: 2025-08-27
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was using a tire machine to break down a low-profile tire. The pneumatic assist arm became caught on the lip of the wheel. He went to move the head of the arm, and the head dropped down and caught his right index finger against the tire rim. The employee's fingertip was amputated without loss of bone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Other special process machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high