Incident date: 2016-10-06
NAICS industry code: 221112

An employee was moving a piece of pipe on a cart when it shifted and crushed his right-hand middle and index fingers, fracturing both. The index finger above the first knuckle had to be surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high