Incident date: 2023-07-11
NAICS industry code: 213111

An employee was picking up a 5-foot, 950-pound pneumatic cylinder (mud bucket) by the handle to move it. The employee was positioning the bucket for use when their left arm became caught between it and an iron roughneck. The employee was hospitalized with compartment syndrome that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate