KEENE, NORTH DAKOTA—
Wyoming Casing Service, Inc.
Fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Wyoming Casing Service, Inc., Approximately one mile south of Highway 73, KEENE, NORTH DAKOTA 58847 on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was adjusting a rathole ring clamp. The ring clamp slipped off the rathole and the employee lost his balance and fell into the cellar resulting in a broken ankle.
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PARSHALL, NORTH DAKOTA—
Wyoming Casing Service, Inc.
An employee hooked a casing tool cradle to a loader, which then picked up the casing tool. The casing tool swung around and knocked the employee to the ground. The loader then went to set the casing tool on the ground and it struck the employee's left leg, resulting in a crush injury that required hospitalization and surgery.
MEEKER, COLORADO—
Wyoming Casing Service, Inc
An employee was operating the V door on a drilling rig. The joint of the casing was brought up to the rig floor, and the employee was pinched between it and the stump. The employee suffered a bruised spleen and was hospitalized.
DELMONT, PENNSYLVANIA—
Wyoming Casing Service, Inc.
An employee was working on a rig floor. A casing basket fell into the tongs of a nearby rig, and the tongs would not release. Both retaining chains to the tongs released and the tong movement lever activated. The tongs swung and hit an employee, pinning him between the tongs and a derrick mast. He suffered one broken rib and one bruised lung.
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