Incident date: 2017-06-19
NAICS industry code: 311514

An employee was tightening a valve nut when the hydraulic action of the fluid inside the valve forced the valve shut. The valve closed on the employee's left ring finger, amputating the finger pad (no nail or bone loss). The valve's safety pin was not in place at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high