Oil States Energy Services

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Oil States Energy Services in WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA
Employer Oil States Energy Services Report ID 20181010596
Address 301 26th Street East City, State ZIP WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA 58801
Event Date October 15, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations 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 48.17000, -103.61000

Incident Narrative

An employee was guiding a stay rod onto the body of an isolation tool when his left thumb was crushed between the tool and the stay rod, resulting in an amputation to his thumb.

Incident Summary

On October 15, 2018, a worker at Oil States Energy Services in WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA suffered amputations 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, amputation.

Context

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