Incident date: 2022-09-15
NAICS industry code: 238220

Employees were loading 4-inch by 6-foot pieces of cast iron pipe into the bed of a stake truck. One of the employees was in the front of the truck, closest to the cab, when the pipe was moved forward toward the cab. His left middle finger was caught between the pipe and the cab, and was amputated at the top right.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high