Incident date: 2016-05-05
NAICS industry code: 326121

While holding a pipe by hand, an employee actuated a machine used to connect the pipe to a coupler. The employee's finger got caught between the pipe and coupler, amputating the right hand index finger down to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high