Incident date: 2021-10-27
NAICS industry code: 238220

On October 27, 2021, the injured employee was helping another employee to align two pieces of metal pipe 6 inches in diameter in order to prepare the metal for welding. The employee was using a hammer to hit the pipe to get it better aligned when the injured employee's right middle finger was hit by the hammer, resulting in a fingertip amputation without bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
code_source: title: Hammers, except sledge-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high