Fractures

Name: Fractures at Superior Energy Well Services Division
Start: 9/21/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017099082 · 9/21/2017 · Superior Energy Well Services Division

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Oil drilling rigs and machinery

Employer

Name: Superior Energy Well Services Division
Location: 2 miles from El Indio, EL INDIO, TEXAS, 78860
NAICS: 213112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to latch an elevator on a turbine. The elevator did not latch properly and opened/came off the joint turbine. When the employee tried to re-align the turbine, his thumb was caught and fractured between the turbine and the elevator.

Source

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