Incident date: 2019-06-05
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was positioning a metal pipe to make a connection. He was holding on to one end of the pipe when a coworker went to move the pipe into place on the other end. The employee's left hand was caught between the pipe and a rock resulting in amputation of the index fingertip.

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