Incident date: 2015-10-30
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was removing excess grease lube from a boom drum on the derrick with a putty knife and got his right hand fingers caught in the rotating metal gears. His right index finger was amputated and the right middle, ring and pinky fingers were crushed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high