Incident date: 2024-01-05
NAICS industry code: 221210

Upon completing the threading of a piece of 1  pipe an employee began to wrench on a 90-egree fitting using a pipe threading machine as a vise. The employee inadvertently stepped on the automatic pedal of the pipe threader, engaging the equipment while they were installing the fitting on the opposite end of the pipe. The employee s finger got caught between the wrench and the stabilizing bar, causing a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Threading, tapping machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high