Incident date: 2015-05-04
NAICS industry code: 213111

Drilling pipe was being rolled off of a truck onto the rack. The pipe kicked back as it reached the bottom, catching an employee's right thumb between the pipe and the stack of pipes. The employee sustained an amputation to half of his thumb tip.

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