Fractures

Name: Fractures at Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Start: 6/22/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022065430 · 6/22/2022 · Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Upper arm(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged or flying object, unspecified
Source: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
Secondary source: Oil drilling rigs and machinery

Employer

Name: Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Location: Bennett Ranch Unit 3405, DENVER CITY, TEXAS, 79323
NAICS: 424710
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was depressurizing an isolated section of piping in preparation to service a CO2 injection well meter. The 1/2-inch meter assembly piping parted and struck the employee, fracturing their right humerus.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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