Incident date: 2018-04-27
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee simultaneously rolled two test coupons to prepare them for a pre-test for a new welder. A coupon consists of the end of a pipe and weighs about 50 pounds. The employee's left thumb was pinched between the two rolling coupons, tearing the tissue from the thumb tip, which required surgical removal of about 1 mm of bone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, unspecified
code_source: title: Parts and materials, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high