Incident date: 2025-07-26
NAICS industry code: 333996

An employee was assisting water treatment plant personnel with changing a flange when their finger got caught between the two pieces. The employee sustained a finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Pipe fittings, collars
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high