MAURICE, LOUISIANA—
SCHLUMBERGER
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at SCHLUMBERGER, Viaosca Knoll, Block 1003, MAURICE, LOUISIANA 70555 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was moving heavy equipment on the rig floor when his left hand was caught between two pieces of the equipment, amputating his ring fingertip and the first knuckle of his middle finger.
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