Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Halliburton Energy Services, oil field well site near loop 349, MIDLAND, TEXAS 79707
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee received an injury to the right middle finger that required surgery and hospitalization. The employee's finger was caught between a pump plunger and the catwalk when the pump plunger fell to the catwalk.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMachine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
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