Incident date: 2018-06-29
NAICS industry code: 326122

An employee was moving a piece of 12-inch PVC pipe with a crane hoist. The hoist's slide rail broke, dropping the pipe. The pipe fell onto the employee's left hand, pinching his left ring and middle fingers against a steel rail. Both fingers were broken and severed; the middle fingertip was removed at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high