Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Key Energy Services, LLC, Diamondback Oilfield Wellsite, COYANOSA, TEXAS 79730
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was laying down tubing. He reached to unlatch the tubing elevator with his right hand and his right index finger was caught between the joint of the elevator and the joint of the tubing. His finger was amputated just above the second knuckle, and he was hospitalized.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Oil drilling rigs and machinery
An employee was working in the rod basket on a well service rig when their left ring finger was caught in a pinch point between the rod basket swivel frame and a support on the rig. The finger was amputated.
On January 14, 2023, an employee was using a pipe wrench to free up a tube during a back-off procedure. The pipe wrench swung and struck the employee in the head, causing a contusion.
A trailer shifted while an employee was standing on it. He lost his balance, reached out to catch himself, and placed his left index finger in the pinch point of a power swivel he had been loading onto a trailer. The fingertip was amputated.
An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.
An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.
An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.
An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.
An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
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