Incident date: 2025-08-28
NAICS industry code: 237110

A crew was installing 8-inch polyvinyl chloride (PVC) waterline in a trench. An employee was soaping a joint to insert the spigot end of a pipe into the previously laid joint when the joint was pushed together. The employee's left ring and little fingers were pinched between the two pipes. The ring finger was injured and the little fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Pipes and tubes  plastic, PVC, rubber
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high