Amputations

Name: Amputations at Redback Energy Services
Start: 8/30/2015

1 amputation · 2015086256 · 8/30/2015 · Redback Energy Services

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Valves, nozzles
Secondary source: Metal pipes, tubing

Employer

Name: Redback Energy Services
Location: Well site, KINGFISHER, OKLAHOMA, 73750
NAICS: 213111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on an oil drilling rig. While attaching a check valve to a vertical pup joint, the employee's right index finger was pinched between the two parts, amputating the fingertip.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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