Incident date: 2023-08-03
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was taking pipe out of a well. He was holding backup tongs when the pipe unexpectedly rotated, catching his right ring finger between the slip handle and chain tong handle. The employee's finger was partially amputated at the fingernail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Drilling machines, drilling augers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high