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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017077225 · 7/29/2017 · Reliance Well Service Inc

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source
Sledges, sledgehammers

Employer

Name
Reliance Well Service Inc
Location
Derrel W. Sharp 12#1 Well, RINGGOLD, LOUISIANA, 71068
NAICS
213111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a sledgehammer to hit a piece of pipe. The hammer deflected and smashed his right pinky finger between the head of the hammer and the tubing tongs. The employee sustained a laceration and fracture to his right pinky finger resulting in hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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