MIDLAND, TEXAS—
Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co., Trailand A Unit 3904 WB (H&P Rig 622), MIDLAND, TEXAS 79701 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
A crew was in the process of putting a sub-spreader beam in place so that they could raise the rig floor. An employee's hand was resting on the spreader beam when the derrick hand pulled the beam from its stowed position. The employee's small finger was then caught between the spreader beam and the sub leg, amputating his fingertip.
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An employee was in the basket of an aerial work platform pressure washing a shaker roof. While rotating the wand, an unexpected pressure release occurred. The wand was one inch from his right knee and injected him with fluid at 2,900 PSI.
MIDLAND, TEXAS—
Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co.
Employees were rigging down. The injured employee was hooking up a flow line to a manifold. When he stepped back, he fell through a gap in the floor of the shaker, landing on his head on the ground about 12 feet below. He suffered multiple skull fractures and bleeding on the brain and was hospitalized.
GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO—
Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co.
An employee was guiding the first joint of casing into a conductor in a cellar area. A centralizer (secured around a pipe) was pushed through the rotary table. The centralizer slid down the pipe and caught the employee's left ring finger against the collar on the casing. The employee's left ring fingertip was amputated.
GILLETT, TEXAS—
Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co.
An employee was attaching a tong to a pipe when his left leg was caught in the tong pull line and the drill string, resulting in a left leg amputation.
WATKINS, COLORADO—
Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co.
An employee was lowering a blowout preventer (BOP) into position. He placed his hand on top of a stud on the BOP flange while the BOP was being lowered. The stud became hung up and bottomed out on the pipe ram body, smashing his left hand. His left middle finger and knuckle were crushed and required surgery. Impact gloves were worn at the time of the incident.
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