Incident date: 2021-12-03
NAICS industry code: 333515

An employee was using a hydraulic torque wrench to remove the nuts on a high-pressure frac pump. While removing the last few nuts, the employee placed his hand on the wrench to ensure it did not fall when his other hand contacted the device and it engaged, causing it to rotate and crush the employee's thumb, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Impact wrenches-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high