Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201115409 - Employee injures finger on drilling rig

Accident Summary Nr: 201115409 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 12/26/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126189133	01/14/2003	1381	213111	Golden State Drilling, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 1:50 p.m. on December 26, 2002, Employee #1 was working on Oil Well Drilling Rig Number 1. While removing a tubular pipe at the V-door and drill rig floor, the lifter fell and struck him. The lifter hit him in the left hand, causing a partial amputation. An individual summoned emergency medical personnel. They arrived and transported him to a doctor's office and then onto a medical center. At the hospital, medical personnel surgically removed the top half of his little finger and provided other treatment and care for injuries sustained to his hand. He was hospitalized for postoperative care.

Keywords: HYDRAULIC LIFT, AMPUTATED, LOCKOUT, HAND, OIL RIG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126189133			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Helpers, extractive occupations

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