Incident date: 2025-06-07
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was servicing center tac-off stripper rings on a stuffing box. The employee was holding the brass fitting in place when the inspection window on the stuffing box came down and caught his right hand. Four fingers were amputated to the palm of the hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Wellhead valves
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high