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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015041924 · 4/11/2015 · Nine Energy Services Cementing Division

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Overhead hoists-pneumatic powered

Employer

Name
Nine Energy Services Cementing Division
Location
Off Hwy 97 & Cameron Ranch Rd., FOWLERTON, TEXAS, 78021
NAICS
213112
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was performing cementing operations on a drilling rig. While using an air hoist to hoist a cement plug over a pipe, his thumb got caught between the "wing" of the plug and the plug itself. He sustained an amputation to the left-hand thumb up to the knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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