Incident date: 2016-03-19
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was lifting the end section of pipe to help clear an I-beam of a pipe rack. As the crew moved the pipe forward, the employee's left thumb was caught and amputated between the pipe and an I-beam support member.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high