Incident date: 2023-09-08
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was servicing company equipment. The employee was removing a valve cap cover off a first-stage discharge cylinder when trapped pressure released, causing the valve cap to strike the employee's hand and arm. The employee sustained a laceration and partial amputation of the right index finger. They required surgery for fractures to the arm and injury to tendons and ligaments.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Container caps, lids, covers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high