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Intracranial injuries, unspecified
1 hospitalization · 2021108549 · 10/4/2021 · Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Brain
- Nature of injury
- Intracranial injuries, unspecified
Cause
- Event
- Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- Source
- Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- Secondary source
- Oil drilling rigs and machinery
Employer
- Name
- Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
- Location
- Rig 274 GPS: N31.7857 W-102.1613, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79706
- NAICS
- 213111
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was cleaning a mud pump. A retaining cap dislodged from the pump and struck the side of his head, causing a laceration and a head injury.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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