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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018055181 · 5/26/2018 · Reach Wireline LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Tools, instruments, and equipment, unspecified
Secondary source
Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered

Employer

Name
Reach Wireline LLC
Location
60 Farm Road, NEW MARTINSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, 26155
NAICS
213112
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was attaching a wireline tool to a metal dolly after the tool had been lifted out of a well hole. The tool shifted on the dolly. The employee's right thumb was pinched between the tool and the dolly, and the end of the thumb was cut off above the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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