Incident date: 2018-07-11
NAICS industry code: 325510

An employee was about to remove debris within a repaired rotary valve when the valve amputated his left middle fingertip. The valve's lockout/tagout had been removed and it had been energized to ensure that it worked following the repair.

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