Incident date: 2017-12-06
NAICS industry code: 334519

An employee was assembling a control valve assembly. His left ring finger was in the valve opening when he applied air to test the valve. The valve moved and amputated his fingertip.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high