Incident date: 2018-08-06
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was part of a five-person crew that was removing a polishing rod when the clamp that holds the stuffing box failed, causing the stuffing box to catch the employee's hands against the clamp and stuffing box. The employee's right thumb was crushed, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate