Incident date: 2023-12-21
NAICS industry code: 332996

An employee was attempting to free another employee who had a 40-foot pipe fall on them. While lifting the pipe, the employee's left hand was crushed between two sections of pipe and their left middle and ring fingers were amputated. The employee also suffered a fracture to the left little finger.

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