Incident date: 2025-01-11
NAICS industry code: 238190

A pipe section was being hoisted into place on a mobile drilling rig. The employee was positioning the end of the pipe in the cradle when it pinched the employee's right index finger against the cradle. The fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipes, tubes  metal
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high