Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Halliburton Energy Service, Conoco Phillips Gudmunson, WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA 58854
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was conducting regular maintenance of a motor on the pumping equipment. The motor was running and the employee's hand was crushed.
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