Incident date: 2019-04-23
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was attempting to change tong heads when the tongs activated and amputated his left thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high