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Skull fracture and intracranial injury

1 hospitalization · 2022064775 · 6/2/2022 · Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Brain
Nature of injury
Skull fracture and intracranial injury

Cause

Event
Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
Source
Existing floor opening
Secondary source
Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified

Employer

Name
Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co.
Location
Tubb - Vaughn 21 G 107 H, H 1088, I 1098, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79707
NAICS
213111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Employees were rigging down. The injured employee was hooking up a flow line to a manifold. When he stepped back, he fell through a gap in the floor of the shaker, landing on his head on the ground about 12 feet below. He suffered multiple skull fractures and bleeding on the brain and was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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