Incident date: 2017-05-09
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was operating a pipe grooving machine to groove a steel pipe when his glove became caught and his hand was pulled in between the pipe and the back plate of the machine. His left middle, ring, and index fingers were partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high