Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Name: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.
Start: 1/7/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017010193 · 1/7/2017 · Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), except finger(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
Secondary source: Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.
Location: Nabors Rig 624, ABBEVILLE, LOUISIANA, 70510
NAICS: 213111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were using an air hoist to lift/move a crossover sub (pipe) on the platform floor. The lifting cap on the air hoist failed and the load fell on an employee's hand, causing a burst wound in his palm and a fracture in the bottom bone of his hand.

Source

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