Incident date: 2025-01-08
NAICS industry code: 236118

On January 8, 2025, an employee was positioning a piece of tube steel as it was being installed. As he was removing one of his gloves, it became caught on the sharp edges of the steel. His right hand was trapped and crushed. His little finger was broken, and the ring and middle fingers were medically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Pipes, tubes  metal
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high