Incident date: 2022-08-26
NAICS industry code: 333914

An employee was installing a blind flange onto a pump fluid end. The employee was pushing the flange into place when their left index finger was caught between the fluid end and the blind flange of the counterbore of the steel pump. The fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high