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Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

1 hospitalization · 20171212164 · 12/22/2017 · Arnett & Burgess Pipeliners (Rockies) LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

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

Employer

Name
Arnett & Burgess Pipeliners (Rockies) LLC
Location
48 degrees 9'26.2" N / 102 degrees 42'2.3" W, STANLEY, NORTH DAKOTA, 58784
NAICS
213112
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was loading a pig into a pig launcher and closing the end hatch on a vertical pipe. The hinged pig launcher hatch began to fall and the employee attempted to catch it with his right hand, which was crushed between the pipe flange and hatch. He suffered soft tissue damage to his right middle and ring fingers, requiring hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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