Incident date: 2025-03-05
NAICS industry code: 541620

An employee was sampling a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit by opening a valve and placing a proving tube inside to collect the sample. The sample taken is a hot gas mixture. When the sample was collected, the flange came undone and fell due to the pressure. The employee sustained an amputation to their right middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipe fittings, collars
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high