Incident date: 2019-09-10
NAICS industry code: 236210

The injured employee was holding a valve that was being closed by another employee when his thumb entered the valve. As the other employee closed the valve, the ball of the valve sliced off the injured employee's thumb tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high