Incident date: 2017-01-27
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was lining up pipes to be connected when the clamp that holds the pipes together broke and the employee's left index finger was caught in the lifting chains amputating it at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Chains, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high