Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Rig Runner, Patterson Drilling Rig 273, COTULLA, TEXAS 78014
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was installing a vee-door post on a drill rig when the vee-door post got stuck. The employee went to clear debris and the post came down amputating the distal phalanx of their right middle finger.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Oil drilling rigs and machinery
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