Incident date: 2019-06-06
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was assisting with removing the chain tongs from the drill string. The chain struck his finger and pinched it against the drill head. The employee was hospitalized with a broken finger. The employee was wearing impact gloves.

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