Incident date: 2018-03-18
NAICS industry code: 311512

An employee was attempting to close a valve on a milk transfer line when the valve snapped shut under pressure, closing on and partially amputating the employee's right ring fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high