Incident date: 2017-03-18
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was attempting to position a pipe on the swage unit using an F wrench style tool. When the employee was applying force to the tool, it slipped off of the pipe and the employee struck his hand on the metal table runner. The employee's hand was pinched between the tool and the table runner resulting in partial amputation of the right middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Wrenches-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high