Incident date: 2022-07-14
NAICS industry code: 238990

On July 14, 2022, an employee was removing tongs from a tubing puller near a well site. The tongs were removed and the pulley was raised while the employee's hand was in a pinch point between a wire cable and a block. The employee suffered a thumb amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high