Incident date: 2015-12-23
NAICS industry code: 237990

An iron worker was installing a skillet valve. The employee's right hand became lodged between two pipes near the valve and he suffered a partial amputation of his right thumb.

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