Incident date: 2022-02-14
NAICS industry code: 211120

An employee was tightening a clamp on a polish rod for an oil well. A bottom clamp slipped and caught his right index finger against the carrier on the bridle of the pump jack. The right index finger was amputated near the middle joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Clamps, couplings
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high