Incident date: 2018-02-22
NAICS industry code: 221210

An employee was attempting to blow down a pipeline pigging receiver chamber to load the pig when the chamber door swung open under pressure and hit the employee's right hand and knee. The employee's right middle finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high