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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2024109696 · 10/18/2024 · Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Leg(s) unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by propelled, falling, or suspended object unspecified
Source
Drilling and extraction machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Drilling machines, drill apparatus

Employer

Name
Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Company
Location
Rio Lobo State C 312H (Rig 496), PECOS, TEXAS, 79772
NAICS
213111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was changing out the elements in the double-rotating head. The peg that was welded to the rig floor, where the double-rotating head was being stored, broke at the weld causing the metal rotating head to fall and strike the employee's left leg and fracture it.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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