Incident date: 2019-04-30
NAICS industry code: 213111

An employee was removing a pressure relief valve from a mud pump with a 36-inch pipe wrench.  The pipe wrench slipped and caught the employee's finger between the wrench and the mud pump resulting in amputation of the left middle finger and a fracture to the ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Wrenches-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high