Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221423163

GEOTECHNOLOGY EXPLORATION, LLC

Event
Amputated, Amputation, Finger, Fingertip, Forklift, Partial Amputation, Powered Industrial Vehicle
NAICS
213111
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345704852
Employer profile
GEOTECHNOLOGY EXPLORATION, LLC
Summary number
221423163
Report ID
0729700

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip

Investigation abstract

At 8:30 a.m. on December 20, 2021, an employee was sitting on the drilling rig operator's seat, guiding a coworker. The coworker was utilizing the shop fork truck to hoist a replacement transfer case for the rig into place. When the employee thought the transfer case was close enough to reassess, he signaled the coworker to get off the PIT and come over to the rig. The employee was getting out of the operator's seat, when the hoisted load shifted, pinching the tip of his index finger between the rig and hoisted transfer case. The employee's fingertip was amputated and treated without requiring hospitalization.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 50 M

    Event type
    2

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