Incident date: 2023-07-20
NAICS industry code: 115114

As part of farm maintenance activities, an employee was removing aluminum pipes used to build blueberry hoop houses. Their left thumb was pinched between two of the pipes, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high