Incident date: 2023-03-22
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was installing the flared end section of a concrete elliptical pipe. As the pipe was being installed, it swung in the direction of a previously installed pipe. The employee's left ring fingertip was pinched between the two sections of pipe and amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Concrete or clay pipes and conduits
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high