Incident date: 2017-02-09
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was installing an arch pipe in a driveway. After the employee released the mechanism on the hoisting apparatus that held the pipe, the pipe fell on the employee's finger, pinching it between the pipe and the concrete driveway. The employee's right ring finger was amputated at the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high