Incident date: 2019-01-29
NAICS industry code: 331210

An employee was polishing a pipe with sandpaper. His right index finger was lodged in a hole in the pipe while it was turning and fractured. His finger was surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high