Incident date: 2015-08-21
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was helping a flow hand from another company change rubber between two pieces of high-pressure pipe. As the employee was checking to make sure the rubber was seated properly, the clamp slipped, amputating his right-hand middle fingertip.

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