Incident date: 2019-06-19
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was reconfiguring a 1" airline. The employee's hand was on a 90-degree fitting while a co-worker turned the pipe using an 18-inch pipe wrench. The employee's hand then became caught between the 90-degree fitting and a steel skid, resulting in a fractured left ring finger and nail avulsion that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Pipe fittings, collars
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)
severity: moderate