Amputations

Name: Amputations at NOV Tubescope
Start: 1/30/2015

1 amputation · 2015010977 · 1/30/2015 · NOV Tubescope

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects
Source: Chains, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: NOV Tubescope
Location: 2400 Steven Road, ODESSA, TEXAS, 79764
NAICS: 331210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Two employees were trying to reset a chain on a sprocket that raises and lowers oven doors. The injured employee's finger was caught between the chain and the sprocket. He amputated the distal portion of his ring finger on his right hand.

Source

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