Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124772.015 - Employee amputates two fingers when pinched in pulldown shea

Accident Summary Nr: 124772.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 03/08/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1469517.015	03/12/2020		213111	Cartel Drilling, Llc

Abstract: At 8:55 p.m. on March 8, 2020, an employee working as a drill rig operator for an oil and gas well drilling company was tripping out of hole using a chain tong. As the employee reached over to grab the tong line to keep it from entering the pulldown sheave assembly, his hand was pulled into the unguarded pulldown sheave assembly on the driller's console side. The employee amputated two fingers on his left hand and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Drill Operator, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Oil Well Drilling, Oil Well Drilling/Servicing, Pinched, Pulled In, Safety Device, Struck Against, Tongs, Traumatic Amputation, Unguarded, Unstable Position, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1469517.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Drillers, oil well

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