Incident date: 2018-06-02
NAICS industry code: 561990

An employee was in the process of moving a piece of equipment (pipeline scanning tool) that was attached to a large pipeline. The employee's left hand was in a pinch point when the equipment was engaged. The scanning tool closed down onto the pipeline catching the employee's left hand in a pinch point resulting in lacerations and amputation of the left pinky fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high