Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Helmerich & Payne, Inc., H & P Rig # 516, KILLDEER, NORTH DAKOTA 58640
on — Fractures, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee fell approximately 47 inches while changing an upper ram on a BOP, fracturing ribs.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersOil drilling rigs and machinery
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