Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Halliburton, Valley East #9, GREELEY, COLORADO 80631
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee's finger was crushed while performing rigging-down operations at a well site. The employee was hospitalized, and surgery was performed to remove the left index finger to the first knuckle.
An employee lit a cigarette lighter to check the volume of chemical in an ISO tank. The flame ignited the remaining vapors in the ISO tank causing a flash fire. The employee suffered second degree burns on the face and arms.
An employee was rigging down bales that were being lowered out a V door and down a slide with a winch. As the bales were being lowered to the catwalk via the slide, one section became stuck on a roller on the rig floor. When the employee reached down to free the bale, it came free and knocked him off balance. He fell through the V door and down the slide, striking an object and suffering fractured facial bones, broken ribs, and a collapsed lung.
An employee went to disconnect a hose for a Q10 pump when a coworker opened a discharge valve, causing the pressurized hose to strike and fracture the employee's ankle.
Two employees were struck by the rotary table of a drilling rig while installing caisson. Employee 1 suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, and head trauma. Employee 2 suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, spinal injury, and head trauma.
Employees were felling hazard trees. The injured employee was conducting 'bucking' operations to saw a tree from the road when the tree kicked-back, pinning him against the ground and fracturing his left femur. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was chaining a vehicle when he had to change tools and the compressor. As the compressor was being charged, the employee stepped near the vehicle to make sure the compressor was attached. Then, he instructed a co-worker to lower the compressor. His right hand was on the compressor and under the chain, causing his ring finger to be crushed.
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