Incident date: 2022-07-20
NAICS industry code: 237110

During water well drilling, an employee was setting a section of drilling pipe when the drilling pipe section above dropped and amputated his left thumb and index, middle, and ring fingertips.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high