Incident date: 2017-06-01
NAICS industry code: 325199

An employee was troubleshooting an air-reciprocating hand pump and checking for air leaks in the device. The pump started while his left middle finger was in the piston path. The piston then amputated his left middle fingertip. The pump was not locked/tagged out at  the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Pumps
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high