Amputations

Name: Amputations at Basic Energy Services
Start: 4/15/2019

1 amputation · 2019043838 · 4/15/2019 · Basic Energy Services

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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 during regular operation
Source: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: Basic Energy Services
Location: Flamingo 1, GARDEN CITY, TEXAS, 79739
NAICS: 213112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was conducting well-servicing operations. He was attempting to guide a rotating rod away from a winch line when the spinning rod, which was covered in paraffin, caught his gloved left hand, amputating the pinky finger near the knuckle.

Source

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