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Multiple soft tissue injuries

1 hospitalization · 2025021657 · 2/19/2025 · ClearWell Well Services, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Knee(s)
Nature of injury
Multiple soft tissue injuries

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment n.e.c.
Source
Drilling machines, drill apparatus
Secondary source
Wrenches, ratchets

Employer

Name
ClearWell Well Services, LLC
Location
Kiri B 2H Well, NORDHEIM, TEXAS, 78141
NAICS
213112
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Employees were rigging down a power swivel at a well site. They placed the power swivel in a trailer and were preparing to remove the Kelly valve and cross-over subs. The operator came down from the drillers console, set the power swivel's control panel down in front of the draw works, and then went to get a kink out of a hydraulic hose. The hose caused the control panel to flip over, engaging the power swivel. The injured employee placed a 48" pipe wrench onto a sub. When the power swivel engaged, the wrench swung and struck the injured employee's left knee. The employee's knee was dislocated and they sustained soft tissue damage to the ACL and MCL.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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