Incident date: 2019-03-02
NAICS industry code: 213111

An employee was installing a protector onto a section of pipe that was being held up by a forklift. The pipe slid off the forks and caught the employee's left middle finger between the end of the pipe and another section of the pipe. His left middle fingertip was amputated. The employee was wearing impact resistant gloves at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high