Fractures

Name: Fractures at Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
Start: 1/1/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017010028 · 1/1/2017 · Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
Location: Outside Taloga, TALOGA, OKLAHOMA, 73667
NAICS: 213111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were using a rough terrain forklift truck to pivot a fork of another rough terrain forklift truck. The fork was tied to its carriage. When the fork was untied it came down and struck an employee standing near the truck and broke his leg near his ankle.

Source

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