Incident date: 2023-03-08
NAICS industry code: 237110

Two employees were cleaning the end of an 8-inch PVC pipe (approximately 15 feet long) to set it in a manhole using a crowbar. As the injured employee pushed the pipe in, three of his left-hand fingers were pinched, resulting in an injury that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate