Incident date: 2025-02-14
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was setting up fusion machinery to make a weld in a ditch. The hinged over-pipe clamp swung shut and struck a finger on his hand that was holding the machine in place. The weight and force of the clamp crushed the end of his finger, resulting in amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by propelled, falling, or suspended object  unspecified
code_source: title: Clamps, couplings
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high