Amputations

Name: Amputations at Magna Energy Services
Start: 10/27/2015

1 amputation · 2015108033 · 10/27/2015 · Magna 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: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
Secondary source: Wrenches-nonpowered

Employer

Name: Magna Energy Services
Location: BILLABONG 2-13-14HBK, WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA, 58801
NAICS: 213112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to break loose a pipe connection with a pipe wrench when his thumb was caught between the pipe and the wrench when the pipe string was lifted. He suffered a soft tissue amputation to the tip of the thumb.

Source

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