OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #971838
ROTATING PARTS,AMPUTATED,WIRE ROPE,WORK RULES,DRUM,LOCKOUT,CAUGHT BETWEEN,OIL WELL SERVICING,HAND,OIL RIG
Event description
Employee's hand amputated by cable on oil rig
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was servicing an oil well on a swabbing rig. He was reaching out ove r the sand drum to mark the cable for depth reference while the drum was still e ngaged and rotating. He got his hand caught between the incoming cable and drum. His right hand was amputated.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 614
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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