Incident date: 2024-02-07
NAICS industry code: 326121

On February 7, 2024, at approximately 5:00 p.m., an employee was attempting to clean a pneumatically operated vacuum ball valve when their left index finger became caught in the ball and valve, resulting in an amputation of the finger pad. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high