Incident date: 2023-07-26
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was using a pipe grooving machine. He was checking the depth of the groove on the pipe when his glove became caught and pulled his fingers between the roller and the pipe. The tips of his index and middle fingers were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high