Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202529707 - Employee's Hand Is Injured in Winch Cable Tangle

Accident Summary Nr: 202529707 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 10/28/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309911816	12/08/2008	1389	213112	Oil Well Service, Inc

Abstract: At approximately 7:25 a.m., on October 28, 2008, Employee #1 was a member of a crew working on an oil rig. They were pulling sucker rods with molded rod guides from the well bore of Tidelands Oil Production oil well W-237. As the crew pulled the sucker rod, Employee #1 was stationed at Oil Well Servicing Rig No. 22 transfer unit, and was transferring the sucker rods to the rig's rod rack. Employee #1 was injured when the winch line wrapped around the transfer line he was holding, and caught his fingers between the two lines. He was treated at St. Mary's Hospital then hospitalized at Kaiser Permanente for lacerations to the middle and ring fingers and amputation of the tip of the pinkie on his left hand.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, STUCK, LACERATION, OIL WELL SERVICING, WINCH, HAND, OIL RIG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309911816			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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