Incident date: 2022-12-02
NAICS industry code: 423860

On December 2, 2022, an employee was removing sand from the drum of the sand separator when he noticed a pry bar going into the drum. Upon grabbing the prybar, his left ring finger was pinched between the pry bar and a part of the equipment. He was hospitalized and the left ring fingertip was surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Crowbars
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high