Incident date: 2017-10-19
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was part of a rig floor crew that was picking up  2-and-3/8-inch drill pipe to make a connection with a power swivel. The employee grabbed the pipe above the elevators. At that point, 1/4-inch sling cables wrapped around the pipe and the employee's fingers, partially amputating the right middle finger and fracturing the right ring finger.

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), unspecified
severity: high