Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2018-05-08 | Placedo | Texas | Wisco Moran Drilling Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. |
On May 8, 2018, at approximately 12:10 a.m., employees were running some traded pipes and casing. The crew had a problem connecting two pipes (casing), so they unscrewed those pipes and continued to work with the casing. The injured employee's left hand was on top of an open pipe when a hoist operator (driller) let a second pipe come down. The employee's left-hand fingers were caught between the two pipes (casing), resulting in an amputation of his index finger and a broken ring finger. |