Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Key Energy Services, West of Sidney, SIDNEY, MONTANA 59270
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee sustained injuries to his left index finger while rigging down.
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