Incident date: 2020-04-24
NAICS industry code: 331221

An employee was trying to unclog a flux system when his hand entered a valve that was activated, resulting in amputations to three fingertips on the right hand just below the fingernail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high