Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202462875 - Employee Amputates Finger While Using Carbide Mill

Accident Summary Nr: 202462875 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 12/19/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300832664	01/17/2006	1389	213112	Weatherford U.S.L.P.

Abstract: On December 19, 2005, Employee #1 was working for Weatherford U.S., L.P., a company in Bakersfield, CA, that rents equipment for oil fields and provides related services. Using a chuck lathe, he was milling a casing to go into an oil well. As he attempted to measure the casing tool with the OD gauge and a string, a carbide mill caught his glove and pulled his hand between the grinding wheel and the casing tool. His right hand was in the point of operation. When Employee #1 pulled back his right hand from the grinding wheel, his glove fell to the ground with his finger still inside. Employee #1 had amputated the middle finger of his right hand from the second knuckle. Employee #1 was taken to Mercy Hospital and then transferred to Southwest Patient Surgery, where the surgeon performed reconstructive surgery. He was hospitalized. A coworker had been in the work area, but he had not observed the accident. The employer will be cited for T8CCR 3384(b) General.

Keywords: ROTATING PARTS, AMPUTATED, FINGER, OIL WELL DRILLING, MILLING MACHINE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, POINT OF OPERATION, OIL WELL SERVICING, NIP POINT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300832664			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Welders and cutters

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