Incident date: 2021-11-22
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was performing maintenance on a bag house compartment. During installment of the lock-out tag-out, the inlet poppet valve would not close remotely. The employee attempted to manually close the valve when it closed on his fingers, resulting in a partial amputation to his left index finger.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high