Incident date: 2015-07-17
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was working on a valve that was suspended in the air with a threaded eye bolt. The eye bolt became unthreaded and the valve fell on the employee's right ring finger. The employee was hospitalized overnight.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate