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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018099089 · 9/3/2018 · Ensign United States Drilling, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Oil drilling rigs and machinery

Employer

Name
Ensign United States Drilling, Inc.
Location
16500 East 132nd Avenue, BRIGHTON, COLORADO, 80601
NAICS
213111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A rig hand was guiding pipe to a racking system on a rig floor to rack back the pipe. He slipped and fell on the rig floor. As he fell, the 90-foot drilling pipe was stabbed into the floor of the rig, pinching his finger against the floor. His finger was partially amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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