Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Key Energy Services, LLC, 2043 tx-302, KERMIT, TEXAS 79745
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was performing maintenance on a truck. The truck brakes were on fire and employees used a fire extinguisher to suppress the flames. The employee then began adjusting the brakes and sustained a hand injury.
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