Incident date: 2018-12-04
NAICS industry code: 333912

A 16" diameter pipe, being lifted with a crane, was lowered onto an employee's hand. The tip of his right thumb was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high