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Sun Well Services, Inc.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified — Amputations — WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Sun Well Services, Inc. in WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA
Employer Sun Well Services, Inc. Report ID 2019033005
Address 48.081335, -103.161424, Chameleon State 31-16-1H City, State ZIP WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA 58854
Event Date March 22, 2019 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified Source of Injury Oil drilling rigs and machinery
Industry (NAICS) 213112 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 47.80000, -103.28000

Incident Narrative

An employee was removing slack from a sand line when the downhole tool hung up on a pipe scale. The tool slipped past the scale, creating tension on the line around the sand line drum. The employee's fingers were pinched between the line and the drum; his right thumb and index finger were amputated.

Incident Summary

On March 22, 2019, a worker at Sun Well Services, Inc. in WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with oil drilling rigs and machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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