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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2022065292 · 6/17/2022 · Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Entangled in other object or equipment
Source
Oil drilling rigs and machinery

Employer

Name
Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
Location
N28.9499 W-97.9846, HOBSON, TEXAS, 78117
NAICS
213111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a tail rope to guide a stand of drill pipe into the mousehole from the derrick board. The tail rope became caught in the single joint elevators and tangled around the employee's lower right leg resulting in fractures to the tibia and fibula.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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