Incident date: 2024-03-02
NAICS industry code: 238220

At about 4:00 p.m. on March 2, 2024, employees were preparing a 6-inch carbon steel pipe to be installed on a 21-foot-long, 8-foot-wide pipe rack. An employee's right little finger was pinched between the pipe and the rack, causing a laceration and fracture. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Pipes, tubes  metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate