Incident date: 2018-10-02
NAICS industry code: 236210

At 11:00 a.m. on October 2, 2018, an employee was installing 15-inch PVC pipe in a storm sewer when his left hand was caught between the pipes. Three of his fingers were smashed; the index finger suffered a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high