Incident date: 2024-07-11
NAICS industry code: 221118

An employee was removing the cap from a cam lock on a vacuum truck's water line. When the cap was loosened, water pressure blew it off. Rings on the cap cut the employee's right index finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Caps, lids, covers  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high