Incident date: 2017-09-21
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was attempting to latch an elevator on a turbine. The elevator did not latch properly and opened/came off the joint turbine. When the employee tried to re-align the turbine, his thumb was caught and fractured between the turbine and the elevator.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate