Incident date: 2023-11-06
NAICS industry code: 332420

An employee had been welding in a tank, and left to retrieve more material. When they returned, their finger got caught in a loop of wire at the opening of the tank. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Wire, cables-nonelectrical
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high