Incident date: 2015-08-06
NAICS industry code: 325188

A metal pipe line was plugged and the injured employee was attempting to remove the plug when the rotary valve positioned nearby was actuating and caught the air line the employee was holding pulling the gloves the employee was wearing into the actuating valve. The employee suffered a partial amputation (bone loss) of the right hand pointer finger up to the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high