Incident date: 2025-05-17
NAICS industry code: 332996

On May 17, 2025, at 8:30 a.m., an employee was placing a wooden chock under a pipe to secure it in place for welding. The combined weight of the pipe and chock caused the chock to crush the employee's left ring and middle fingertips against the floor, resulting in hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Other tools, instruments, equipment  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: moderate