Incident date: 2021-02-08
NAICS industry code: 213111

An employee was closing a manhole cover in the floor of a mud pit when a disconnected 6-inch discharge line lying next to the cover shifted, pinching the end of the employee's finger between the floor grating and the discharge line. The employee suffered an amputation of the tip of his left middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high