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EOWS Midland Company

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — GARDEN CITY, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at EOWS Midland Company in GARDEN CITY, TEXAS
Employer EOWS Midland Company Report ID 2018088774
Address Riley 3705 Apache Corporation location, 5 miles west of Garden City City, State ZIP GARDEN CITY, TEXAS 79739
Event Date August 24, 2018 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Oil drilling rigs and machinery
Industry (NAICS) 213112 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 31.86000, -101.48000

Incident Narrative

An employee was aligning/guiding a workover rig onto a well-head using a spacing cable when his left ring finger was caught between the spacing cable and the rod blowout preventer, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Incident Summary

On August 24, 2018, a worker at EOWS Midland Company in GARDEN CITY, TEXAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). 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 amputation.

Context

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