Incident date: 2015-11-23
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was installing casing joints in a well using tongs when the bite of the tongs malfunctioned and the tongs bucked unexpectedly. The employee's hand got crushed between the tongs and the derrick, causing hand fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate