Incident date: 2024-11-15
NAICS industry code: 424810

A maintenance employee was rebuilding a pneumatic actuator valve. When he applied air pressure to the valve, it slipped out of his hands, causing the valve to close when it was not receiving the air pressure. The valve closed on his right thumb, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high