Incident date: 2024-11-19
NAICS industry code: 238290

An employee was adjusting a submersible fuel pump telescoping tube. His left ring finger got caught between a plastic O-ring at an opening and a wooden pallet, lacerating the fingertip between the knuckle and the finger nail. The employee sustained an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Pumps  except oil well
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high