Incident date: 2015-04-12
NAICS industry code: 484220

On or about 12 April 2015, at approximately 1410 hours, an employee amputated the distal portion of his left-hand, index phalanges (no bone involved). He was installing a hydraulic cylinder on a drilling rig when the cylinder he was holding swung laterally, pinching  his distal phalanges between the cylinder and the drilling rig structure.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high