Incident date: 2023-03-14
NAICS industry code: 562910

An employee was removing the valves from low-pressure cylinders when their left thumb was caught between the clamp of the cylinder valving machine and the inside guard of an empty cylinder. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation without bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high