Incident date: 2021-02-09
NAICS industry code: 221330

An employee was moving a valve in the floor that had a handle wheel in the top. When he pulled it, the handle wheel spun and smashed his hand against a piece of metal angle iron, resulting in amputation of his right index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high