Incident date: 2017-03-11
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was using a rig elevator to pull rods out of a hole. As he lowered blocks down the elevator, the block brakes failed, allowing the elevators to strike and fracture the upper phalange on his left thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate