Incident date: 2017-08-01
NAICS industry code: 311314

An employee was cleaning a 16-inch butterfly valve weighing approximately 240 pounds. The employee lifted the valve from the saw horses and went to set it on the ground. A finger on his right hand was pinched between the valve and the floor, and was partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high