Incident date: 2018-06-14
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was repairing a butterfly valve when a coworker turned on the pressure. The disc inside the butterfly valve then rotated and cut the employee's left ring finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high