Incident date: 2018-03-08
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was welding a vessel and put his hand down in a pre-cut hole to roll the vessel. His hand was then caught in a pinch point between the wheel roller and vessel, severely cutting his left index finger, which had to be surgically amputated at the distal interphalangeal joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high