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Amputations

1 amputation · 2023032278 · 3/13/2023 · SAVANNA DRILLING LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source
Oil drilling rigs and machinery

Employer

Name
SAVANNA DRILLING LLC
Location
Savanna Drilling Rig at Highway 33 and Radio Tower Road, GARDEN CITY, TEXAS, 79739
NAICS
213111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was assisting a rig crew with stabbing drill pipe into a rotating head. The employee's fingertips became caught between the rotating rubber head and a trip nipple causing lacerations to four fingertips on the left hand and partial amputations to his right ring and little fingers.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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