Incident date: 2021-07-26
NAICS industry code: 922160

On July 26, 2021, an employee was using a pipe grooving machine to cut a groove in a sprinkler pipe. He was checking the depth of the groove when his left hand was pulled into the blade of the machine, causing an amputation of the ring fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high