Incident date: 2018-12-22
NAICS industry code: 237990

A welder was installing weights on 24-inch plastic pipes, using a wedge to install the two half weights. The wedge moved and the tip of the welder's right thumb got caught between the pipe and the wedge. The thumb tip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cutting handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high