Incident date: 2016-07-08
NAICS industry code: 213111

An employee was setting a bushing when the assembly began to fall. He attempted to catch the assembly to prevent it from falling and in the process caught his right middle finger between the assembly and the rig floor, amputating the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high