Incident date: 2024-07-05
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was running casing when they pulled the hydraulic power tongs using the handle and the handle crushed their right middle finger against the drill pipe. The employee sustained an amputation to the fingertip and nail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
code_source: title: Rig tongs, power tongs
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high