Incident date: 2024-09-04
NAICS industry code: 221113

An employee was assembling a pump with their left little finger positioned between the impeller and the discharge spacer. The element contacted the pump case's seating position and the shaft continued to move, pinching their fingertip between the two components. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation through part of the nail. The incident occurred during training.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Pumps  except oil well
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high