Incident date: 2016-10-28
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was capping an 8 inch PVC water line. Backpressure built up in the line from a leaking valve and blew the cap off resulting in amputation of the employee's left pinky finger and a partial amputation of the left ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Container caps, lids, covers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high