Incident date: 2020-05-20
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was working on a vacuum pipe when a metal plate inside the pipe moved and crushed his right thumb. The thumb was partially amputated at the bottom of the nailbed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high