Incident date: 2017-06-06
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was holding a pipe level as it went through a machine when he slipped, lost his balance, and let go of the pipe. He tried to straighten it, but the pipe crushed his pinky fingertip between it and the adjacent concrete wall. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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