Incident date: 2019-05-21
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was handling 6-inch PVC piping from a dewatering system that was full of water and heavy while trying to connect it to a pump. The pipe fell onto another pipe and the employee's right ring finger was pinched between the two pipes causing a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high