KILLDEER, NORTH DAKOTA—
TechnipFMC
Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at TechnipFMC, 4.5 Miles NW of Gap Road and Fifth Street NW, KILLDEER, NORTH DAKOTA 58640 on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was connecting a 4-inch metal flex hose to a connection point. The hose slipped off the connection point and pinched the employee's right leg against a wellhead isolation valve, causing an open fracture to the femur.
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An employee was hooking up a hose when the hose fell and crushed their fingertip.
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Two employees were working together to rotate a wellhead adapter. Employee 1 was using an overhead hoist and lifting strap to lift one side of the adapter and place it on its opposite side. Employee 1 began to lower the adapter down, and Employee 2's left middle finger was caught in a pinch point between the lifting strap and the part, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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