Incident date: 2023-10-19
NAICS industry code: 213112

Two employees were performing maintenance on a horse power unit. The plunger was pushed back in and an employee's left index and middle fingers were caught between the fluid-end plunger and power-end plunger, resulting in a laceration and amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high