Incident date: 2025-08-05
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was removing the bottom pipe of a spout pipe when he disconnected the pipe and the top pipe clamp came loose. The top spout pipe fell about 5 feet and struck his left ring fingertip, resulting in medical amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object  unspecified
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high