BAKER, MONTANA—
Baker Hughes
Struck by object or equipment rolling freely · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Baker Hughes, Denbury Drilling Site, BAKER, MONTANA 59313 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was moving an electric motor on a shelving unit when the motor began to roll. The employee tried to stop the motor from rolling by placing a wedge under the motor and got his finger caught between the motor and the shelving unit resulting in amputation of an index finger.
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An employee was positioning an oilfield drill bit when it fell from the connection fixture it was connected onto. The bit fell onto the employee's left ring fingertip and crushed it against the work surface. The fingertip was medically amputated.
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An employee was acting as a spotter and guiding a flatbed operator while standing on the rear passenger side of an outrigger leg when he stepped back onto a mobile crane platform and fell approximately 70 inches to the ground. He was hospitalized with an open fracture to the left ankle.
CLAREMORE, OKLAHOMA—
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A piece of wood/splinter from a wooden crate embedded in an employee's left thigh.
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