Incident date: 2024-10-14
NAICS industry code: 332420

An employee was using a suction cup lifting device to remove a tank head from a line. While he was feeling for a suspected defect in the tank head, it fell from the lifting device and partially amputated a fingertip on his left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Panels, sheets, plates  metal
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high