Incident date: 2021-01-10
NAICS industry code: 322121

On January 10, 2021, an employee was troubleshooting a pneumatic valve. The valve fired while employee's left thumb was inside it, lacerating the thumb and causing the amputation of 1/4 inch of the tip.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high