Incident date: 2015-03-22
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee fractured his right middle finger while loading a 250-pound test plug onto the back of his truck. The forklift used to raise the load released it, and the employee's finger got caught between the test plug and a supporting bracket. The employee was hospitalized overnight.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate