Incident date: 2016-08-11
NAICS industry code: 541330

An employee was using a 2-inch screw pipe to remove a coupler. He used a pipe threading machine and pipe wrench to force the coupler to screw off. His right ring finger was pinched between the pipe wrench and the pipe threading machine, amputating his distal fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Threading and tapping machines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high