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Amputations

1 amputation · 2021075964 · 7/20/2021 · Downing Wellhead Equipment, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
0
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
Oil drilling rigs and machinery

Employer

Name
Downing Wellhead Equipment, LLC
Location
3918 S County Rd 1276, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79706
NAICS
213112
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Employees were screwing a running tool into a wellhead assembly. The injured employee's finger was in the wellhead assembly checking alignment when the assembly was manually rotated and the running tool amputated the employee's left index fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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