Incident date: 2018-06-02
NAICS industry code: 311999

An employee was performing maintenance on a rotary star valve when the valve actuated and amputated the employee's left thumb.

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