Incident date: 2024-08-15
NAICS industry code: 423510

On August 15, 2024, at approximately 9:45 AM, an employee was adjusting/turning pipe when the clamps of the inertia welding machine were activated and pinched three of their left hand fingers. The employee sustained amputations to their thumb, index, and middle fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Welding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high