Incident date: 2023-03-20
NAICS industry code: 561210

An employee was on a ladder changing a flange gasket on 16-inch water pipes. The pipes came together and caught the employee's left index fingertip, resulting in an amputation.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high