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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2022054582 · 5/26/2022 · TETRA Technologies, Inc

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Metal pipes, tubing
Secondary source
Metal pipes, tubing

Employer

Name
TETRA Technologies, Inc
Location
Sheridan Production Co III, LLC - Davis, M.L.#1, GARY, TEXAS, 75643
NAICS
213112
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee used a wire brush to clean the threads of two 10-foot joints of 2-inch figure 1502 iron pipe, which were sitting on the rack of a monorail trailer. As the employee rotated the pipe inward to clean the threads of the innermost joint, the opposite end of the pipe dislodged from the rack and fell to the ground. As it fell, the end nearest to the employee levered upward and pinched their right thumb between the two joints of pipe. The employee sustained a laceration and fracture to the thumb.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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