Incident date: 2017-04-10
NAICS industry code: 333519

An employee was checking the ID of a pipe for smoothness. While she was checking the inside of the pipe with her thumb, the machine cycled pushing the pipe back against a back stop and trapping her thumb between the back stop and the wall of the pipe. The tip of her thumb was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high