Safety Alert
Improper Hand Placement Results in Amputation
Improper Hand Placement Results in Amputation
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 14-16
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLine of Fire
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuries
- Drilling
- Upstream oil and gas
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Summary
A casing employee suffered fingertip amputations during casing-running operations. While seeking leverage and moving elevator links aside, he placed fingers inside the casing. The casing running tool was being lowered to fill the casing and trapped his fingers between the tool and casing.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
An alert about hand-placement errors causing an amputation.
IADC Alert 14-16. Themes: hand and finger injuries, line of fire.