Incident date: 2022-06-11
NAICS industry code: 311513

An employee was replacing an O-ring on an air valve. When putting the stem of the valve back in place, the connection between the air hose and valve got disconnected causing the stem to close on the employee's fingertip resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high