Incident date: 2018-08-19
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was standing on ladder reaching up to grab rods under the clamps. The rods lowered and pinched his thumb between the rod clamp and the rod rotator. The thumb was amputated below the second joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high