Incident date: 2024-09-24
NAICS industry code: 486210

An employee was making a grease head connection. He pulled on the sling connected by a crane to balance the grease head. He was stabilizing the 5-1/2  lubricator with his left hand when the lubricator joint slipped into a tight space causing the 4-3/4  grease head to crush his left index finger against the lubricator. The employee's left index fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high