Incident date: 2021-02-07
NAICS industry code: 213112

The injured employee and a coworker removed a valve body to unclog pods in an auger. After they unclogged the pods and reloaded them, they proceeded to reinstall the valve body. As they were picking up the valve body, the coworker slipped and the valve fell onto the injured employee's left pinky finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high