Amputations

Name: Amputations at Chevron USA
Start: 1/14/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018010444 · 1/14/2018 · Chevron USA

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source: Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders

Employer

Name: Chevron USA
Location: Hayhurst SW 5, ORLA, TEXAS, 79770
NAICS: 213112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to help a rig crew attach an extended boom to a front-end loader. He was trying to push the retaining pin on the front-end loader back in when the operator activated the ram lever, causing the pin to close on his right thumb. His right thumb was amputated at the knuckle and he was hospitalized.

Source

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