Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Axis Energy Services LLC, Bros Kuhn 7H, NEW BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA 16242
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was assisting a snubbing unit operator to service the well. While operating hydraulic tongs, the injured employee's glove was entangled in the rotating tong head, resulting in a right finger amputation that required hospitalization.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Oil drilling rigs and machinery
An employee was completing a well intervention. The system encountered a gas pocket while circulating the well. The gas pocket was pumped from the well bore to the open top tank that was being used to circulate the well. An ignition occurred, resulting in a flash fire that caused first-degree burns to the employee's arms.
An employee was working on the floor of a workover rig removing tubulars from the wellbore when they were struck by the power swivel, which pushed them into a handrail. The employee suffered a fractured collarbone.
A derrickman was positioned in a rod basket to remove a rod elevator. After doing so, the employee began wiping the rod with a rag and the rag became entangled around the rod. The employee's glove was caught in the rag, resulting in a degloving injury that resulted in medical amputation of the left little finger.
An employee was using two rod wrenches to tighten a stand of rods as they were placed back down a hole. While wrenching the rods, the employee went to tighten the rod boxes. The employee lost grip on the wrenches and their left little finger was caught between the wrench handles resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was removing a guy wire from a base beam, slipped on grating and fell onto a casing valve, resulting in eight fractured ribs and a spleen injury.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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An employee was delivering home heating fuel when bees came from the ground and stung the employee's face, neck, torso, and hands. The employee proceeded to shut off the oil flow before losing consciousness. They were hospitalized due to an anaphylactic reaction.
An employee was using a torch to loosen a bolt on a water trailer. Natural gas was present in the water and it ignited, causing a fire. The employee sustained third-degree burns to their upper leg.
An employee had been conducting crane operations. The employee went to stop a piece of oil and gas equipment for tubular running from falling over to the ground. Their right hand was caught between a rolling ladder and the equipment, resulting in fractures to the index and middle fingers. They were hospitalized and the middle finger required surgery.
An employee was working to install a drive belt on a water pump. He was holding the belt on both sides of the pulley, working to route it over the top. As he pulled down with his right hand, the pulley rotated and the belt slid over it, pulling his left little finger between the pulley and the belt. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip as well as a fracture to the ring finger.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.