Basin Drilling, LP

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — KEITHVILLE, LOUISIANA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Basin Drilling, LP in KEITHVILLE, LOUISIANA
Employer Basin Drilling, LP Report ID 2021031932
Address Basin Rig 103- Baremore 11H #1, Providence Rd City, State ZIP KEITHVILLE, LOUISIANA 71047
Event Date March 3, 2021 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) 213111 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 32.33000, -93.83000

Incident Narrative

An employee was helping push a landing joint onto a catwalk trough at the v-door on a rig floor. The employee's right middle and ring fingers were caught between the locking ring and landing joint. The employee suffered a fracture to the middle fingertip and an amputation to the ring fingertip at the nail.

Incident Summary

On March 3, 2021, a worker at Basin Drilling, LP in KEITHVILLE, LOUISIANA 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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