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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015086248 · 8/29/2015 · Scientific Drilling

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Entangled in other object or equipment
Source
Wire, cables-nonelectrical

Employer

Name
Scientific Drilling
Location
Well Site, WATONGA, OKLAHOMA, 73772
NAICS
213112
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working on an oil rig attempting to place a pulser into the drilling hole. A metal cable on the hula band being used to guide the pulser into the hole caught his thumb and amputated it at the first joint.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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