Incident date: 2016-03-28
NAICS industry code: 335311

While diagnosing a vacuum system, an employee removed an exhaust filter to access a vacuum port with his right thumb. The ball valve actuated while his thumb was in the port, amputating his thumb tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high