Incident date: 2025-04-23
NAICS industry code: 238910

On April 23, 2025, an employee removed the pin on a Kelly bar to remove it from a drill rig. The auger was lifted to remove the Kelly bar, and the employee's left ring finger was caught in the pin hole. The employee suffered a partial fingertip amputation and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Augers  except conveyor
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high