Incident date: 2017-07-10
NAICS industry code: 813910

An employee was helping a coworker remove a 5/8" bolt on an inlet to service a valve that was 2" from the wall. The employee was checking the depth of the nut on the bolt when the coworker turned the nut with a wrench, pinching and severing the employee's right ring finger skin to the bone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
code_source: title: Wrenches-power not determined
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high