Incident date: 2023-03-15
NAICS industry code: 238120

At 4:30 p.m. on March 15, 2023, an employee was installing a steel leg in a sleeve for a floating roof above an aboveground storage tank. Her left thumb was caught in a pinch point between the leg and a sleeve. The thumb was crushed and amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high