Amputations

Name: Amputations at Rig Runner
Start: 8/10/2023

1 amputation · 2023087269 · 8/10/2023 · Rig Runner

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
Source: Oil drilling rigs and machinery

Employer

Name: Rig Runner
Location: Patterson Drilling Rig 273, COTULLA, TEXAS, 78014
NAICS: 484230
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was installing a vee-door post on a drill rig when the vee-door post got stuck. The employee went to clear debris and the post came down amputating the distal phalanx of their right middle finger.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown