ENERGY DRILLING COMPANY

Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker — Amputations — RUSK, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at ENERGY DRILLING COMPANY in RUSK, TEXAS
Employer ENERGY DRILLING COMPANY Report ID 2015010438
Address 9999 Unknown City, State ZIP RUSK, TEXAS 75785
Event Date January 13, 2015 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker Source of Injury Wrenches-power not determined
Industry (NAICS) 213111 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 31.80000, -95.16000

Incident Narrative

An employee was making a connection with a drill fork when the speeding wrench struck the left hand smashing the middle finger on that hand.

Incident Summary

On January 13, 2015, a worker at ENERGY DRILLING COMPANY in RUSK, TEXAS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker, with wrenches-power not determined identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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