Incident date: 2023-01-16
NAICS industry code: 326220

An employee was moving a relief valve that was on a pallet to prepare it for shipment. As the employee manually rotated the valve, it pinned his left ring finger against another valve that was adjacent to the valve that rotated. The employee sustained a left ring finger amputation.

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