Incident date: 2018-09-27
NAICS industry code: 325211

An employee was removing a pipe plug and attempting to clear debris from a rotary valve when the valve amputated the employee's right middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high