Amputations

Name: Amputations at PIPE PROS, LLC
Start: 9/3/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019099136 · 9/3/2019 · PIPE PROS, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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

Employer

Name: PIPE PROS, LLC
Location: Drilling Rig, COUSHATTA, LOUISIANA, 71019
NAICS: 213112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While a crew was completing a casing connection, which involves pieces of pipe being torqued together, an employee's fingers were caught in the top drive wheel. The employee's right middle finger was amputated, and the index and ring fingers were lacerated.

Source

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