Amputations

Name: Amputations at G.W. Wireline, Inc.
Start: 11/27/2018

1 amputation · 20181112145 · 11/27/2018 · G.W. Wireline, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c

Employer

Name: G.W. Wireline, Inc.
Location: Brown 1-H Well Head, GODLEY, TEXAS, 76044
NAICS: 213112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Wire rope was coming out of the hole of a wellhead, being wound onto a counterwheel. As an employee tried to adjust the drum speed, the retracting wire caught his left ring finger. He suffered a partial amputation of the fingertip.

Source

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