Incident date: 2025-03-05
NAICS industry code: 311351

An employee was checking for a blockage in a pneumatic ball valve when the valve closed on his right finger, resulting in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high