Incident date: 2025-08-14
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was pulling and positioning the first joint of pipe (30-foot joint of 2-7/8 tubing) at the end of the pipe racks so that it could be lifted at a later time. The pipe was stacked three layers high. The pipe from top layer rolled and three joints of pipe fell at the opposite end of the pipe racks. The employee reached to stop the pipe from falling at the end where he was standing and his right little finger was crushed between the pipe and the pipe rack pin. The employee's finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high