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Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified — Amputations — CALDWELL, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC in CALDWELL, TEXAS
Employer Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC Report ID 20171110579
Address Rig 279 City, State ZIP CALDWELL, TEXAS 77836
Event Date November 2, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified Source of Injury Wire, cables-nonelectrical
Secondary Source Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
Industry (NAICS) 213111 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 30.53000, -96.69000

Incident Narrative

An employee was unwrapping a wire rope from a spool when the wire rope slipped and pinched his left middle fingertip between the rope and spool. His fingertip was amputated.

Incident Summary

On November 2, 2017, a worker at Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC in CALDWELL, TEXAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with wire, cables-nonelectrical identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

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