Incident date: 2021-12-31
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was working in a steel pipe yard rolling pipe joints to collect information from mill stencils. As the employee was rolling a pipe joint, three other sections of pipe rolled against the joint. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the pipe wrench and the pipe joint, resulting in a 1-inch amputation to their finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high