Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201117017 - Employee injured while working on a rig

Accident Summary Nr: 201117017 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 11/10/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126034826	12/12/2003	1389	213112	Western Drilling Inc.

Abstract: At 11:55 a.m. on November 10, 2003, Employee #1, the site supervisor, and coworkers were aligning and installing the top flange of the wall head on a rig. As Employee #1 placed his left hand under the flange to align the bolts, the top flange dropped and pinned his left hand under the flange. Employee #1yelled, and a coworker lifted the rig blocks. This raised the flange, and Employee #1's hand was released. The employee was taken by private vehicle to a private industrial clinic, where he was hospitalized, treated, and released.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, BLOCKS, FINGER, WORK RULES, HOIST, CAUGHT BETWEEN, FALLING OBJECT, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126034826			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Supervisors, extractive occupations

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