Incident date: 2023-05-22
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was installing an attachment onto a drill rig Kelly bar drive shaft. While installing the retaining pin, the outer Kelly bar fell approximately 1 foot and crushed the employee's left little finger, resulting in amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Mining and drilling machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high