Amputations

Name: Amputations at KLX Energy Service
Start: 5/6/2016

1 amputation · 2016053865 · 5/6/2016 · KLX Energy 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: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Metal pipes, tubing

Employer

Name: KLX Energy Service
Location: 4907 Shed Rd., BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA, 71111
NAICS: 333132
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The employee was moving a piece of equipment from a wooden pallet to a storage rack. The sphere tool (250-300 lb. steel pipe) slipped. The employee tried to catch it and got his finger caught between the sphere tool and the rack. The right ring finger was amputated.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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