Exposure to environmental heat · Effects of heat and light, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Schlumberger, 7104 W CR 116, MIDLAND, TEXAS 79706
on — Effects of heat and light, unspecified, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was hospitalized for heat stress symptoms while conducting rig down operations.
On November 9, 2022, while troubleshooting a furnace, a bit was pushed from the pre-heating dome and fell to the cart below, striking the injured employee and pinning his left leg between the cart and the bit. The employee's left ankle was fractured and required surgery. The employee also sustained burns to the right hip and thigh, left ankle, and right hand.
An employee was disassembling a U-joint. The U-joint was in a vise, and the employee was striking it with a ball peen hammer to break it free, when a piece of metal entered the employee's eye.
An employee was opening a high-pressure relief valve with a pressure bar. He was pulling down on the bar when it gave way, causing him to fall on the second bar. He tore his left triceps and bicep.
An employee was trying to lower a tower on a light plant when the cable came out of the pulley and created slack. As the employee tried to put the cable back in the pulley, the cable snagged the employee's glove and pulled it into the pulley, amputating the first digit of the employee's right pinky finger.
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On September 26, 2023, an employee was delivering packages when he began to feel ill with a pain in his side. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion and dehydration.
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