Incident date: 2021-09-24
NAICS industry code: 444190

An employee was installing helical pipe. His left index finger was inside a helical pipe extension when the drive head attached to the extension was activated. The extension spun and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and another helical extension. He suffered an amputation to 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