ZANESVILLE, OHIO—
Haliburton Energy Services
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Haliburton Energy Services, 4999 East Pointe Drive, ZANESVILLE, OHIO 43701 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
Two employees were completing a post-job inspection of a centrifuge. One employee rotated the centrifuge rotating assembly to test if it could be turned by hand. The injured employee went to stop the rotating assembly when their left little finger was caught between the belt and pulley system. The employee sustained an open, non-displaced distal phalanx fracture and a fingertip amputation to the left little finger.
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