Fractures

Name: Fractures at JACAM Chemicals 2013, LLC
Start: 9/25/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018099933 · 9/25/2018 · JACAM Chemicals 2013, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Ankle(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
Secondary source: Oil drilling rigs and machinery

Employer

Name: JACAM Chemicals 2013, LLC
Location: Zink 1-34 Well, RJM Oil Co Inc, GREAT BEND, KANSAS, 67530
NAICS: 213112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were trying to connect a wellhead with a two-to-one swedge and a quick coupler. A valve was opened to route pressure through the swedge. The swedge's threads stripped and it struck an employee in the ankle, fracturing it. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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