Incident date: 2025-01-17
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was changing out the tong heads in the power tongs on a drilling rig when they became energized and crushed the employee's hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Rig tongs, power tongs
code_nature: title: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
code_body: title: Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate