Incident date: 2019-03-14
NAICS industry code: 238320

An employee was using a fusion machine and attempting to clamp a pipe when the machine's vise arm closed and the employee's finger was caught in a shear point of the clamp arm. The employee received a partial finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high