Incident date: 2020-11-02
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was grinding a 24" diameter pipe on a jack stand. The pipe fell off of the roller jack stands, catching the employee's ring and little fingers between the pipe and the stand. The employee was hospitalized and sustained a possible surgical amputation to the pinky finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high