Incident date: 2025-06-23
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was working on a rig crew. They were positioned on the rig work floor, helping to connect tubing to a power swivel. While the employee was making a horizontal connection, their left hand was positioned on the winch line that was secured to the power swivel. As the swivel rotated, the winch line chain became tangled, pinching the employee's left little finger and resulting in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Rotary system equipment
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high