Incident date: 2021-04-07
NAICS industry code: 332913

Two employees were moving gate valves from one pallet to another. A gate valve slipped and one of the employees reached out to catch it from falling and pinched his right middle finger between the falling valve and another valve, severing the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high