Dislocation of joints

Name: Dislocation of joints at Halliburton Energy Services
Start: 8/2/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016087141 · 8/2/2016 · Halliburton Energy Services

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Wrist(s)
Nature of injury: Dislocation of joints

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
Secondary source: Oil drilling rigs and machinery

Employer

Name: Halliburton Energy Services
Location: Neller Gas Unit 1#C2H, RUNGE, TEXAS, 78151
NAICS: 213111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was completing a rig down and had finished cementing. He was attempting to remove the cement plug of the plug container by lowering the plug to the ground using a wench. The plug shifted and the employee's left wrist was caught between the drill pipe and the manifold on the plug container. The employee was hospitalized with a dislocated left wrist.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown