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Accident: 201115409 - Employee Injures Finger On Drilling Rig

Accident: 201115409 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 12/26/2002
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
12618913301/14/20031381Golden State Drilling, Inc.
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 # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 126189133 Hospitalized injury Amputation Helpers, extractive occupations

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