Amputations

Name: Amputations at Unit Drilling Company
Start: 11/14/2020

1 amputation · 20201110809 · 11/14/2020 · Unit Drilling Company

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 or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Valves, nozzles

Employer

Name: Unit Drilling Company
Location: Lease UL#1933 E1307DN, Martin County, ANDREWS, TEXAS, 79714
NAICS: 213111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were installing a blowout preventer. One employee's hand was caught between the actuator assembly cage and the top drive. His right index finger was crushed and later amputated.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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