Incident date: 2017-05-16
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was doing maintenance on a hydraulic tong. He was using his left index finger to remove water from the top of the tong's ring gear when the machine was activated. The tong began to rotate and pinched his left index finger, partially amputating it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Tongs-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high