Incident date: 2015-03-02
NAICS industry code: 333992

An employee was placing plugs into tank bushings. The tester operator actuated the test sequence, causing the safety door to close while the employee's hand was in the door. The employee's left ring finger was amputated halfway down to the fingernail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high