Incident date: 2023-02-17
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was removing a 300-400-pound valve from a wellhead using a crane. The auto crane held tension on the valve and a bolt got hung up between the two flanges. When the bolt came free, the valve dropped and landed on the employee's finger. It crushed his finger against the wellhead flange, resulting in a laceration and broken right ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate