Incident date: 2023-01-20
NAICS industry code: 531120

An employee was using a pipe wrench on a 4-inch plug valve when the wrench slipped off the valve stem and pinched their left ring finger, resulting in a crush injury and amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Wrenches-power not determined
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high