Incident date: 2017-10-10
NAICS industry code: 331511

An employee was installing a gasket between flanges that were held apart with wedges. One of the wedges slipped out and the flanges came together smashing the employee's index finger resulting in partial amputation of the distal soft tissue.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high