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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024087722 · 8/21/2024 · Cascade Drilling L.P.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
Source
Wrenches, ratchets
Secondary source
Drilling machines, drill apparatus

Employer

Name
Cascade Drilling L.P.
Location
9801 N. Reese Blvd, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79416
NAICS
237110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was lowering himself to ground level from a drill rig platform when his left middle fingertip was pinched between the jaw of a hydraulic wrench and a section of the drill rig as the wrench was opened, resulting in an amputation of the fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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