Fractures

Name: Fractures at Cactus Drilling Company
Start: 4/28/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018044099 · 4/28/2018 · Cactus Drilling Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple face locations
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
Source: Oil drilling rigs and machinery

Employer

Name: Cactus Drilling Company
Location: Pearl Pass 2116-27 2H, KERMIT, TEXAS, 79745
NAICS: 213112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A crew was installing a top drive track during a rig move when it became hung up on a girt. The top drive track was freed and whipped, striking an employee in the head. The employee suffered broken right cheek bones, a broken jaw bone, and a right shoulder injury.

Source

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