Incident date: 2017-08-21
NAICS industry code: 532490

On 8/21/2017, an employee was checking a natural gas compressor at an oil and gas lease when his right hand was caught and severely lacerated between the fan blade and the frame of the compressor. His hand had to be medically amputated. The fan was running at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Hand(s), n.e.c.
severity: high