Incident date: 2017-03-15
NAICS industry code: 221210

On March 15, 2017, at approximately 7:30 a.m., an employee was injured while checking the function of a pump being used to transfer oil from a tank to a compressor station engine. The pump was being heated and a tarp had been placed over the pump in an effort to hold heat due to the outdoor freezing temperatures. The employee reached under the tarp and made contact with a moving piston inside an air exhaust port resulting in the amputation of the right index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pumps
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high