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Gesell's Pump Sales and Service, Inc.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified — Amputations — WHITTINGTON, ILLINOIS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Gesell's Pump Sales and Service, Inc. in WHITTINGTON, ILLINOIS
Employer Gesell's Pump Sales and Service, Inc. Report ID 2019033091
Address Picking & Chanult Well #2, State Route 37 City, State ZIP WHITTINGTON, ILLINOIS 62897
Event Date March 25, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Hand(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) 213111 Inspection # 1388508
GPS Coordinates 36.31000, -95.57000

Incident Narrative

An employee was guiding an oil rig elevator while rods were being pulled. His right hand was pinned between the elevator and a rod and was amputated.

Incident Summary

On March 25, 2019, a worker at Gesell's Pump Sales and Service, Inc. in WHITTINGTON, ILLINOIS suffered amputations to the hand(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 hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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