Incident date: 2015-02-22
NAICS industry code: 213112

Employee amputated the tip of the left-hand pinky finger while pulling 20' long pipe from a pipe rack.  While pulling one section of pipe from the rack, another pipe shifted; the employee's finger became caught between the pipe and pipe rack, which caused the amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high