Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Guichard Operating Company, L.L.C.
Start: 4/22/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016043383 · 4/22/2016 · Guichard Operating Company, L.L.C.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head, unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet
Source: Floor, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Guichard Operating Company, L.L.C.
Location: Well drilling site in Vermillion, GUEYDAN, LOUISIANA, 70542
NAICS: 213111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was standing on the floor plate of a drilling rig when the method of attaching the floor plate to the structure failed. The employee fell 17 feet to the ground, suffering a head laceration that required surgery.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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