Incident date: 2024-04-04
NAICS industry code: 331210

An employee was rolling a steel steam pipe when it bent under pressure and their left index finger became pinched between the pipe and another steam pipe. This resulted in amputation of the left index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Pipes, tubes  metal
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high