Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less · Electrocutions, electric shocks
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Nabors Drilling Technology, 5121 141st Avenue NW, WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA 58801
on — Electrocutions, electric shocks, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was hospitalized after sustaining an electrical shock while unscrewing a light bulb on a training rig.
An employee was setting up music for a fitness class. As the employee plugged their personal device into the outlet, she was shocked. The employee experienced pain in her left side, mainly in her arm and head.
Two employees were testing the phase voltage of the 208 volt bus bar circuit. An arc flash occurred during the testing. One employee suffered burns to the face, neck, and hands. Another employee suffered burns to his arm.
Two employees were spotting for a sand truck. The front spotter lost sight of the back spotter, who was then pinned between the truck and a sand silo. He suffered a hip injury and herniation, requiring hospitalization.
Two employees were performing compression checks on cylinders. One employee opened the gas valve and another employee was bending over to light the starter. The gas flashed, engulfing an employee and causing second degree burns to his face, neck, wrist, and back.
An employee was on the ground working to close a trailer door. The door was caught by the wind and blew the employee backward. He landed on his back and sustained four fractured ribs, requiring hospitalization.
An employee was walking on top of boiler to close a valve. The employee fell off the boiler and landed on the floor, sustaining fractured ribs. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was exiting a loader and coming down the ladder. His hand slipped off the railing and he fell backward onto sandy ground, landing on his side. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis and a rotator cuff tear.