Incident date: 2019-11-05
NAICS industry code: 486210

An employee was loading a pipeline cleaning pig into a launcher when the third finger on their left hand was pinched between the pig and the launcher. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the finger near the distal joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high