Incident date: 2020-11-03
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was doing maintenance on a blowout preventer. His left thumb got caught between the torque wrench he was using and the nut, and the first joint of his left thumb was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Wrenches-power not determined
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high