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Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

1 hospitalization · 2018011020 · 1/31/2018 · Integrity Services, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury
Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Oil drilling rigs and machinery

Employer

Name
Integrity Services, LLC
Location
Lease: Windham 33 E, Well #: 2HE, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79704
NAICS
213111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was tripping pipe (drilling the pipe down) and screening a drill collar into a stump. He and another employee pushed the tongs into the spinning pipe. The tongs then bit back, crushing him between the tongs and the derrick leg. He received fractures to his upper torso and punctured both lungs.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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