Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at ND Energy Services
Start: 4/15/2024

1 amputation · 2024043262 · 4/15/2024 · ND Energy Services

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source: Rig tongs, power tongs
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: ND Energy Services
Location: Near the intersection of BIA 10 & BIA 12, MANDAREE, NORTH DAKOTA, 58757
NAICS: 213112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using power tongs to trip a pipe while servicing a well when their left little finger got caught in the power tongs, resulting in an amputation between the nail and the first knuckle.

Source

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