Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2018-04-27 | Okarche | Oklahoma | Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was working on a pipe rack arm when it slipped and pinched the employee's left index fingertip, amputating it. | |||||
2018-02-18 | Okarche | Oklahoma | PATERSON-UTI DRILLING COMPANY LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by falling object or equipment |
Employees were hoisting drilling pipe, when the pipe fell, striking the back of an employee who was standing on the rig floor. The employee sustained fractured ribs and vertebrae. | |||||
2015-11-11 | Okarche | Oklahoma | Temtrol, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was running a brake press and had a piece of rectangular metal. The employee set the dies and pressed (bent) the short end. The employee then turned the piece to bend the long side, adjusted the dies, and leaned forward. The employee's left-hand fingers got caught in the equipment. The employee's left index fingertip and middle finger to the knuckle were surgically amputated; there was also some damage to the ring finger. |