Incident date: 2015-07-14
NAICS industry code: 332911

An employee was testing a valve with a finger when the valve closed, amputating the left index finger to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high