Incident date: 2024-07-16
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was assisting a crane operator in lifting a 6-inch-diameter pipe over a 2-inch-diameter pipe when the load lowered, causing the employee's right ring finger to be pinched between the 6-inch pipe and a pipe rack. The employee suffered an amputation of the right ring finger from the nail bed to the tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high