Incident date: 2022-06-27
NAICS industry code: 331511

An employee was attending a pipe jack station where the edges of pipes are straightened with a mold and die. The employee was lowering and moving in a pipe when the die of the pipe jack hit the pipe, fell off, and hit the employee's left hand. The employee's left ring finger was crushed between the pipe and die, resulting in an amputation to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Dies, molds, patterns
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high