Incident date: 2020-12-07
NAICS industry code: 811310

While two employees were preparing a 40-inch pipe support for replacement, one of the clamps holding the pipe rotated, crushing an employee's fingers between the clamp and the pipe. The employee suffered a crushed right hand, and his right middle fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

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