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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2020109709 · 10/12/2020 · United Refining Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck by discharged object or substance
Source
Scrap, waste, debris, unspecified
Secondary source
Mining and drilling machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
United Refining Company
Location
15 Bradley Street, WARREN, PENNSYLVANIA, 16365
NAICS
324110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was transferring water from the frac tank/settling tank to another tank. The transfer continued until sludge built up in the pipe. The employee then had to clear the sludge from the pipe. The employee blew the line out using nitrogen, at 40 to 50-pounds, then heard a leak coming from a cam-lock connection. The employee was securing the broken cam-lock mechanism when a plug shot out of the pipe and broke the employee's finger. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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