Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, 4401 HIGHWAY 108, WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA 70669
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was separating a valve stem from an actuator stem by removing two-piece split nuts that hold it together. The actuator shaft shifted, causing the top half of the split nut to impact and pinch the employee's right thumb against the frame. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedOil drilling rigs and machinery
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