Incident date: 2016-08-23
NAICS industry code: 331492

An employee was cutting a vertical pipe to remove a housing to a filter. After cutting the housing loose from the pipe, the employee removed the chain fall that had been used to raise the pipe. He attempted to shift the pipe slightly to replace the housing. The pipe fell straight down, striking and fracturing his left middle and ring fingers. He required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate