Incident date: 2025-06-18
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was preparing a steel tube for shipping. The tube measured 3 inches in diameter and 7 feet long. The employee slid the tube inside another tube measuring 4 inches in diameter when their left little finger became pinched between the two pieces, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation including the lost of tissue and skin that required stitches.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Pipes, tubes  metal
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high