Incident date: 2022-01-28
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was helping with a kelly bar and dipping bucket. The employee's left hand was on the sleeve of the kelly bar, and the sleeve was raised about 3 inches above his hand. The kelly bar operator attempted to level the kelly bar to lower the head into the dipping bucket. The sleeve closed, crushing the employee's left index, middle, and ring fingers. The employee's left middle and ring fingers were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Mining and drilling machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high