Incident date: 2017-09-29
NAICS industry code: 561990

On 9/29/2017, an employee was attempting to install a pipe onto a wellhead when the pipe fell. As he attempted to shield himself from the falling pipe, his left little finger was caught between the falling pipe and the wellhead, amputating the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high