Incident date: 2019-04-22
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee placed his right hand on a stack of pipes to stabilize himself to step up onto a platform. The piece of pipe slipped and rolled, pinching his right pinky finger between two pieces of pipe. His fingertip was amputated between the nail and first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high