Incident date: 2024-04-15
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was using power tongs to trip a pipe while servicing a well when their left little finger got caught in the power tongs, resulting in an amputation between the nail and the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Rig tongs, power tongs
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high