Incident date: 2024-10-19
NAICS industry code: 541330

An employee was preparing the process line for welding. A pipe flange that the employee was working on shifted and pinched his right thumb, fracturing it. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Pipe fittings, collars
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: moderate