Amputations

Name: Amputations at Unit Drilling Company
Start: 1/21/2015

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015010670 · 1/21/2015 · Unit Drilling Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Source: Oil drilling rigs and machinery

Employer

Name: Unit Drilling Company
Location: Daisy 2411 1-27H, OKLAHOMA
NAICS: 213111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On 1/21/15 at about 16:20 pm a worker was hit by the tongs on his right arm, chest, and leg. He was transported to OU Medical Center where his right hand was amputated. Immediately before the accident the drilling line was stuck. The snub line connected to the tongs snapped causing the tongs to swing around and hit the worker.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown