Incident date: 2015-04-24
NAICS industry code: 238290

An employee had the tips of his ring and middle fingers amputated above the fingernail during an outlet valve installation.  The outlet valve moved suddenly during the installation, causing the injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high