Incident date: 2023-12-20
NAICS industry code: 237120

Employees were assembling and testing a butterfly valve unit and actuator combo. When the unit was function tested with air, the valve gate closed on an employee's left thumb resulting in a fracture and laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate