Amputations

Name: Amputations at Unit Drilling Co
Start: 5/1/2020

1 amputation · 2020054074 · 5/1/2020 · Unit Drilling Co

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Oil drilling rigs and machinery

Employer

Name: Unit Drilling Co
Location: Rig 327, Lease AR-JO 1H-31, MINCO, OKLAHOMA, 73059
NAICS: 213111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An oil/gas well employee was pushing down on a liner washer tube with a pin. The pin slipped, and the employee's right thumb was caught and smashed between the piston and the liner. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the thumb.

Source

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