Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Frank's International, LLC, Patterson Rig 219, BLOCKER, OKLAHOMA 74529
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the multiple trunk locations.
Final narrative
Employees were making up float shoes on the first joint of a casing job. The pipe came loose, swung, and caught one of the employees between the manual back-up tong and the back-up snub line. The employee was hospitalized and treated for injuries to the chest and colon area.
A crew was dismantling a rig. They were closing the split spider after removing it from the casing when the injured employee's left hand was caught between the split spider and the rig's master bushing, which was also on the rig's floor. The employee suffered a laceration to the middle finger and fractures to the middle and ring fingers.
An employee was on the rig floor standing on the off driller's side at the stump to help run pipe casing. As the next joint was being brought in, the employee's finger was caught between the stump and the projector on the joint. The employee's right ring finger was amputated.
A service technician was tasked with moving equipment. As he was moving a carrier basket from a pallet, the equipment fell and crushed his right index finger. The employee was taken to the hospital where the tip of his right index finger was amputated.
Two shop employees were in the process of tearing down a 1250 Ton Slip Type Elevator (STE) and were pulling the carriers and slips out of the STE. While removing one of the carriers from the slip, utilizing the overhead crane, the entire slip assembly (carrier, slip, and slip hanger) began to rise out of the tool. As the slip hanger rose the IP reached in to remove it when the slip suddenly released from the carrier pushing the slip hanger back into position. The IP's finger was caught between the slip hanger and the timing ring of the STE amputating the tip of his left index finger midway up the fingernail.
An employee was tossing a damaged toilet into a compactor. The toilet bounced off the compactor and lacerated the employee's right wrist, cutting an artery and tendon.
An employee was operating a hydraulic jack to bend a frame when the jack came loose and struck the employee. They were hospitalized for a spleen injury.
A truck had been towed into the shop with a flat tire and a blown airbag. An employee checked the tire for damage and was airing the tire. The employee was installing the valve core when the bead slipped off the rim. Air escaped, and the aluminum wheel struck the employee's head and face. The employee became unresponsive and was bleeding.
On December 14, 2023, at 8:40 p.m., three employees were inspecting milling machines for startup. A few of the sleeves on the mill drum needed to be changed out. The injured employee was trying to input a sleeve on the mill drum using a hammer. The hammer hit the edge of the drum, which caused a metal piece to splinter off and strike the employee's cheek just below the left eye. The metal splinter embedded in the back of their eye socket, resulting in pain, swelling, and bleeding that required hospitalization.
An employee was pushing a line of carts into a vestibule when the door cable snapped and struck his right ankle. The employee suffered a fracture that required surgery and hospitalization.
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