Incident date: 2018-05-05
NAICS industry code: 221112

An employee was using a wire choker to remove sparger tubes when the employee's left ring finger was pinched between the sparger tube and the wire choker, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high