Shebester-Bechtel, Inc.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part — Amputations — HENNESSEY, OKLAHOMA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Shebester-Bechtel, Inc. in HENNESSEY, OKLAHOMA
Employer Shebester-Bechtel, Inc. Report ID 2017109753
Address Gastar well site Junior 21-18 City, State ZIP HENNESSEY, OKLAHOMA 73742
Event Date October 10, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part Source of Injury Building materials, unspecified
Secondary Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Industry (NAICS) 213112 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 36.10000, -97.89000

Incident Narrative

An employee was helping to load a beam onto a truck. He was trying to take a wood block out from under the beam when it fell from the forks of a forklift and caught his right index finger, amputating it between the first and second knuckles.

Incident Summary

On October 10, 2017, a worker at Shebester-Bechtel, Inc. in HENNESSEY, OKLAHOMA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part, with building materials, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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