Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Peevy Oilfield Services, CR 422 Terrel Lease, SEMINOLE, TEXAS 79360
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was standing on a wrench, trying to loosen a bolt. The employee slipped and suffered a broken right leg.
An employee was using a circular saw to cut flashing. He was finished with the cut and started walking away when his fall protection ropes became entangled in the saw and the saw was pulled into his leg. The employee sustained a left hamstring laceration.
An employee had finished sharpening a knife on the grinding wheel and was returning it when he lost grip of the handle. As the employee reached to catch the it, his abdomen was lacerated by the knife blade in the right lower quadrant.
An employee was removing an ambulance off a lift jack when the pressure against the jack caused the handle to kick upward, striking the employee on the left side of the head, neck, and jaw. The employee suffered injuries that required hospitalization.
An employee was installing a flange on an evaporator skid. The employee was holding the bar of a torque wrench when his hand was caught in the pinch point as another employee turned the wrench. He suffered a right middle fingertip amputation.
An employee was using a hand grinder to eliminate discrepancies on columns around the project when the grinder jumped and came out of the employee's hands. They sustained a little finger amputation.
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