Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Consolidated Wellsite Services, wellsite, MENTONE, TEXAS 79754
on , Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the other finger(s) n.e.c..
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Final narrative
Employees were conducting a snubbing operation. While making up the tubing swivel onto the joint in the mouse hole, employee 2 proceeded to pull power tongs off the pipe. At the same time, the injured employee went to re-adjust the tong heads. The make/brake handle was pulled and the injured employee's right hand got caught in the tongs. The injured employee's index, middle, and ring fingers were amputated and he required surgery.
HospitalizedAmputationOther finger(s) n.e.c.Rig tongs, power tongs