Amputations

Name: Amputations at Crescent Engery Services
Start: 2/13/2015

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015020241 · 2/13/2015 · Crescent Engery Services

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Leg(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Valves, nozzles
Secondary source: Oil drilling rigs and machinery

Employer

Name: Crescent Engery Services
Location: 1304 Engineers Road, BELLE CHASSE, LOUISIANA, 70037
NAICS: 213112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee put a valve into the hole of an oil well as part of the process to plug the well. Pressure built up behind the valve causing it to explode out of the hole. One of the employee's legs was severely injured and is being medically amputated.

Source

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