Felderhoff Brothers Drilling

Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. — Fractures — MIDLAND, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Felderhoff Brothers Drilling in MIDLAND, TEXAS
Employer Felderhoff Brothers Drilling Report ID 2017010049
Address XTO Well-Guycoden Unit 2- 2507BH, N: 31.7261 W: 101.963 City, State ZIP MIDLAND, TEXAS 79701
Event Date January 4, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. Source of Injury Oil drilling rigs and machinery
Industry (NAICS) 213111 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 31.99000, -102.07000

Incident Narrative

An employee was moving a catwalk (a long piece of equipment that helps move tube) against a rig to perform an inspection when his right ring finger was caught and fractured between the catwalk skate and a pin. He was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On January 4, 2017, a worker at Felderhoff Brothers Drilling in MIDLAND, TEXAS suffered fractures to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c., with oil drilling rigs and machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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