Amputations

Name: Amputations at Basic Energy Services
Start: 5/27/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019055315 · 5/27/2019 · Basic Energy Services

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Drilling machines, drilling augers

Employer

Name: Basic Energy Services
Location: Oil Well Site near Decatur Texas, DECATUR, TEXAS, 76234
NAICS: 213112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While conducting fracking operations, an employee was digging out sand from the auger to a blender when the auger released and struck the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a laceration and amputation of the fingertip.

Source

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