Incident date: 2024-10-02
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was removing a valve during an inspection of the pipe when the valve was activated, resulting in amputation of their right middle and ring fingertips. The employee was hospitalized and the fingertips were reattached.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high