Struck by suspended or swinging objects n.e.c. · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Thru Tubing Solutions, Hwy 182 and Plant Road, OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA 70570
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was making a grease head connection. He pulled on the sling connected by a crane to balance the grease head. He was stabilizing the 5-1/2 lubricator with his left hand when the lubricator joint slipped into a tight space causing the 4-3/4 grease head to crush his left index finger against the lubricator. The employee's left index fingertip was amputated.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Pipes, ducts, tubing unspecified
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