Incident date: 2018-05-03
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was ascending a set of stairs attached to a flowback tank. The employee placed his hand on the rail between a fixed section of the railing and a removable section of the railing. The railing shifted and his finger was pinched, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Handrails, banisters
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high