Incident date: 2024-12-15
NAICS industry code: 326122

Two employees were banding piping together. One employee was holding the piping and the other employee was using the manual banding tightener. An employee's left index finger was caught between the metal banding and the piping resulting in amputation of the distal joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object held or wielded by person
code_source: title: Other handtools  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high