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Frankin Wells Services, LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Amputations — EMMA, ILLINOIS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Frankin Wells Services, LLC in EMMA, ILLINOIS
Employer Frankin Wells Services, LLC Report ID 2016065792
Address Near County Road 900N and County Road 1500E, GPS: N38degrees, 00minutes, 23.0seconds and W88degrees, 05 minutes, 51.8 seconds City, State ZIP EMMA, ILLINOIS 62834
Event Date June 28, 2016 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Augers, plumbing snakes-nonpowered
Industry (NAICS) 213112 Inspection # 1160317
GPS Coordinates 37.97000, -88.12000

Incident Narrative

An employee was helping to remove sand from holding tanks during hydraulic fracturing treatment rigging breakdown. A pipe containing an auger was being used to remove sand from a tank. There was an opening at the end to allow the sand to drop from the pipe, and the employee thought the pipe was stopped up. While inspecting the opening, the employee's left-hand index finger was amputated to the distal joint and the middle finger was severely lacerated by the rotating auger inside the pipe.

Incident Summary

On June 28, 2016, a worker at Frankin Wells Services, LLC in EMMA, ILLINOIS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with augers, plumbing snakes-nonpowered identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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