Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc. , Rig X25 12 Miles North of Watford, WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA 58854
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was tripping out pipes when a pipe swung and crushed his right arm between two hanging pipes. His arm broke.
An employee was inserting drilling slips in a wellbore. The drill pipe separated, moved within the wellbore, and struck the employee's head. The employee suffered head trauma.
An employee was applying thread protector covers and moving the floor wrench into a stow position so they could lay pipe down. The wrench crushed the employee's hand between the wrench housing and a pipe.
An employee connected a pipe elevator to a drill string. The pipe elevator unlatched while the string was being lifted. The elevator struck the employee causing a fracture and dislocation to their right elbow. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was removing tubulars from a mousehole but the slips did not release from the tubular until it was raised. When the slips released, they slid down the tubular and struck the employee in the head. The employee sustained a back injury, a head laceration, and a fractured rib.
An employee was climbing the derrick girt to perform work on a cover. As they went to tie off the top drive, the driller came down with the top drive pulling the employee off the girt and onto the top drive. The employee sustained fractures to the pelvis and tailbone.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 213111)
An employee was stepping down off a 6-inch containment platform to finish loading his truck, when his right ankle rolled. The employee sustained a fractured tibia and fibula at the right ankle and required surgery.
A service crew was pulling a pump and motor from a well. After breaking a joint of pipe loose from another joint, an employee grabbed the chain tongs to prevent the pipe from spinning in the well, so the crew could continue taking it apart. The bolt that attaches the chain to the handle of the chain tongs broke, causing the chain to swing around and strike the employee's lower right leg. The chain severely punctured his leg and fractured his tibia.
An employee arrived on location and loaded a blow-out-preventer (BOP) on a 1-ton flatbed truck. While standing on the flatbed securing the the BOP, the employee stepped into a void/hole on the flatbed surface. This caused him to lose balance and fall off the truck bed with his leg still caught in the hole. As a result, he sustained fractures to his left leg.
An employee was rigging up a location. He was using an Allen wrench to free up rotation and start the drawworks engine manually. The engine rotated and his left little finger became caught between the Allen wrench and the engine. The employee sustained an amputation to his little finger and fractures to his wrist.
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.