Incident date: 2022-04-21
NAICS industry code: 339999

An employee was removing metal strapping from a disassembled air-controlled valve when the valve closed and caught the employee's left index finger, which had to be medically amputated.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high