Incident date: 2024-02-07
NAICS industry code: 332420

An employee was using a roll grooving tool to groove a 4-inch-long piece of 6-inch pipe. Their left thumb was caught in the tool, and the thumb tip was 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: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high