Incident date: 2024-05-30
NAICS industry code: 238910

On May 30, 2024, an employee was assembling pipe for a concrete structure. He was holding a 6-inch PVC pipe to align it with a hole in the concrete structure. As the pipe was pushed forward, the employee's right middle finger was caught between the end of the pipe and the edge of the hole resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object held or wielded by person
code_source: title: Pipes and tubes  plastic, PVC, rubber
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high