Incident date: 2024-10-26
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was adjusting a Kelly bar pin on a drill truck. Their right index finger was caught in a pinch point between the inner and outer Kelly bars, resulting in a severe laceration to the finger. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Drilling machines, drill apparatus
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high