WEATHERFORD, OKLAHOMA—
Cactus Drilling Company LLC
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Cactus Drilling Company LLC, Hamar 3H-17, WEATHERFORD, OKLAHOMA 73096 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was helping to remove a drill pipe from a hole. His right hand was on the stand of drill pipe while an iron roughneck operator retracted the equipment so it could be positioned out of the way. The iron roughneck operator swung the piece of equipment and struck the employee's right ring fingertip, amputating it.
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An employee was watching the landing joint being lowered into the rotary table when it clipped the slip bowl, causing the slip bowl to flip over and strike the employee's legs. The employee's right femur was fractured and they sustained a fracture to the left leg below the knee. The employee was hospitalized.
LAREDO, TEXAS—
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A 5.5-inch production casing was being rolled. An employee was loading it onto a hydraulic catwalk when their left little fingertip was crushed between casing and the casing roller ramp. The fingertip was amputated behind the nailbed.
BIG LAKE, TEXAS—
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An employee was inspecting the liners of a mud pump that was making noise. The machine was shut down. As the pump was idling down, the inspection plate blew and knocked the employee back. Hot gear oil from the pump blew onto him, causing second-degree burns to his left arm and the left side of his face and ear. The employee was hospitalized.
DOYLINE, LOUISIANA—
Cactus Drilling Company, LLC
An employee was pulling back a stand of heavy-weight drill pipe so it could be racked in the derrick. While the driller was slacking off with the top-drive, the injured employee unlatched the drill pipe elevators and pulled the pipe toward himself. The pipe came at him faster than expected and as he tried to get out of the way, the pipe hit his left ankle/leg and fractured the left tibia.
PECOS, TEXAS—
Cactus Drilling Company, LLC
An employee pulled a stand of drill pipe back and had just finished pushing it back into a "finger" before securing it with rope. The driller was coming down with top drives and blocks. A gust of wind blew the employee's secondary retention into the Kelly hose clamp. As a result, the top drive pulled the cable and the employee down into the steel frame of the derrick board. The employee's left hip and right femur were fractured.
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