Incident date: 2021-01-03
NAICS industry code: 311615

Two employees were installing exhaust piping on a fryer. The injured employee was stabilizing and rotating the middle section while Employee 2 was bringing the stacks together. Employee 2 had material slip out of his hands, which then fell onto the injured employee's finger causing the amputation of the left index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high