Incident date: 2024-05-02
NAICS industry code: 311930

An employee was working on a valve replacement when their left middle finger became caught in the butterfly flapper of the valve, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high