Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Navasota Oilfield Services, Inc., 5808 FM 3455, NAVASOTA, TEXAS 77868
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a drift mandrel to check for the proper diameter inside a valve. His ring and middle fingertips on both hands were in machined holes on either side of the drift he was pushing into the valve when the drift became stuck. As he tried pushing the drift harder, the drift broke free and went into the valve, severing his four fingertips.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 332911)
An employee was repositioning a large casting with a chain. The chain slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in hospitalization with a fracture to his upper arm and a crushing injury to his thumb.
An employee was performing a machine set-up and had installed one set of holding jaws. His right index finger became caught in an air vise while re-clamping a part. The employee sustained a partial amputation above the fingernail.
Two employees were re-packing a butterfly valve. The valve was being held by a crane. An employee added air to the valve to close it. The valve moved and the other employee reached to steady it. His thumb was caught in the valve and the thumb tip was amputated.
An employee was preparing to install a production tree/master valve. The employee grabbed the bull plug and shook the production tree into place. The well blew out on the casing side. The pressure caused the production tree to fall over onto the employee, resulting in a fractured right leg.
An employee was manually moving a 30-pound valve. When he sat the valve down, it crushed his left index fingertip just above the nail and amputated it.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.