Incident date: 2016-07-28
NAICS industry code: 238190

An employee was using a pipe threader to thread a pipe. When the employee released the chuck on the pipe threader, the pipe dropped. The cut end then came up and amputated the employee's left ring finger to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high