Incident date: 2024-07-12
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was positioning a pipe for welding when his left middle finger got pinched between the pipe and a spacer, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Pipes, tubes  metal
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high