Incident date: 2025-02-07
NAICS industry code: 423850

An employee was using a pipe grooving machine to groove an 8-inch pipe. His gloved index finger on his left hand was caught between the groover and the pipe, crushing the top part of his finger. The employee's left index finger was partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Bending, rolling, shaping, stamping machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high