Incident date: 2016-06-21
NAICS industry code: 311824

An employee was removing product from inside a ball valve. The spring mechanism delayed the closing of the ball valve; when it did close, it pinched and lacerated the employee's left pointer finger just below the nailbed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate