Incident date: 2018-02-07
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was replacing a valve in a process line using a chain fall. The employee's finger was caught between the new valve and the top of the flange crushing it and resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high