Incident date: 2020-08-11
NAICS industry code: 331511

An employee was removing a defective piece of pipe from a bundle of 40 to 60 pipes about 20 feet long and was mounted on a metal cart. When the defective pipe came loose, it pushed back, pinching the employee's right ring finger against the cart. The employee sustained a laceration that resulted in surgical amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high