Incident date: 2023-03-13
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was testing the rotation of an HVAC valve when it closed on her right thumb, resulting in an amputation.

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