Incident date: 2024-07-18
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was trying to take out the cylinder of a power tong. Once the cylinder came out of its shackle, it fell and crushed the employee's right little finger below the nail. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Hydraulic and pressurized cylinders
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high