Amputations

Name: Amputations at Bison Drilling And Field Service
Start: 4/12/2015

1 amputation · 2015041934 · 4/12/2015 · Bison Drilling And Field Service

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: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
Secondary source: Containers-pressurized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Bison Drilling And Field Service
Location: Bison drilling rig 80, GARDEN CITY, TEXAS, 79739
NAICS: 484220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On or about 12 April 2015, at approximately 1410 hours, an employee amputated the distal portion of his left-hand, index phalanges (no bone involved). He was installing a hydraulic cylinder on a drilling rig when the cylinder he was holding swung laterally, pinching his distal phalanges between the cylinder and the drilling rig structure.

Source

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