Incident date: 2017-07-04
NAICS industry code: 213111

An employee was picking up a trip nipple with a hoist when the hoist became hung on top of a drive. The employee used the left hand to free the hoist. Once the hoist was freed, the trip nipple sprung up and caught the employee's left hand between the nipple and the elevator, breaking it.

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: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate