Incident date: 2015-03-23
NAICS industry code: 332410

An employee suffered an amputated right pinky fingertip when a 30-inch diameter metal cut-out section struck it. The employee had cut the section from a 13-foot diameter heat exchanger being fabricated and started to grind the cut-out area inside the cylinder. The vibrations from the grinder caused the metal cut-out section to slide approximately 12 inches, striking his finger. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Metal materials-nonstructural, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high