Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
Final narrative
A team on the rig floor was attempting to rig down a cement head with a manifold assembly from the rig floor down the slide to the ground below. A winch line was being used to lift the cement head off the rig floor to allow the team members to push the head to the slide. The head was pushed out beyond the slide, but the manifold caught on the rig floor and the head swung back toward the floor and struck the swing gate. An employee was holding the swing gate open with his right hand and was struck on the pinky finger. The distal interphalangeal joint was partially amputated.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedOil drilling rigs and machinery
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.