Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ROBINSON DRILLING OF TEXAS, LTD, 31 35'39.4"N 103 18'45.4"W, PECOS, TEXAS 79772
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was rigging up a location. He was using an Allen wrench to free up rotation and start the drawworks engine manually. The engine rotated and his left little finger became caught between the Allen wrench and the engine. The employee sustained an amputation to his little finger and fractures to his wrist.
HospitalizedAmputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Drilling and extraction machinery unspecified
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