Incident date: 2015-10-27
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was attempting to break loose a pipe connection with a pipe wrench when his thumb was caught between the pipe and the wrench when the pipe string was lifted. He suffered a soft tissue amputation to the tip of the thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high