Accident Report Detail
Accident: 170360242 - Employee'S Fingers Injured When Caught In Cathead
Accident: 170360242 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 10/09/1994 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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111967451 | 03/21/1995 | 1381 | Paul Graham Drilling | ||||
At 8:30 a.m. on October 9, 1994, Employee #1, of Paul Graham Drilling, was working on the deck of drill rig #5. He was laying down a used motor using a G. H. Foster type 24 Air Breakout cathead, with a 12 in. cathead spool and 16 in. triple friction clutch. The 1 or 1 1/8 in. manila rope failed, and the employee's gloved left hand was pulled into the nip point, amputating his first and fourth fingers at the main knuckle. There was insufficient information to determine causal factors for this accident. | |||||||
Keywords:
amputated, rope, finger, caught by, cathead, nip point, gas well drilling
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 111967451 | Hospitalized injury | Amputation | Helpers, extractive occupations |