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Arnett & Burgess Pipeliners (Rockies) LLC

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — STANLEY, NORTH DAKOTA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Arnett & Burgess Pipeliners (Rockies) LLC in STANLEY, NORTH DAKOTA
Employer Arnett & Burgess Pipeliners (Rockies) LLC Report ID 20171212164
Address 48 degrees 9'26.2" N / 102 degrees 42'2.3" W City, State ZIP STANLEY, NORTH DAKOTA 58784
Event Date December 22, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Oil drilling rigs and machinery
Industry (NAICS) 213112 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 48.31000, -102.39000

Incident Narrative

An employee was loading a pig into a pig launcher and closing the end hatch on a vertical pipe. The hinged pig launcher hatch began to fall and the employee attempted to catch it with his right hand, which was crushed between the pipe flange and hatch. He suffered soft tissue damage to his right middle and ring fingers, requiring hospitalization.

Incident Summary

On December 22, 2017, a worker at Arnett & Burgess Pipeliners (Rockies) LLC in STANLEY, NORTH DAKOTA suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with oil drilling rigs and machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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