Incident date: 2016-04-25
NAICS industry code: 213112

Employees were setting up pipe slips and the well-head ring needed to be centered. The injured employee was attempting to center the ring on the bottom of the flange. When the well flange came down, it caught his right pinky finger and smashed it at the joint. The finger was surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high