Incident date: 2018-01-23
NAICS industry code: 331522

On January 23, 2018, at 4:10 p.m., an employee was placing a brass valve into a water test tank on a fixture system when he inadvertently hit the back lever, causing the clamp that holds the valve in place to clamp on his left middle finger, amputating it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high