Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Patterson UTI Drilling, Rig 331, CALDWELL, TEXAS 77836
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was rolling a piece of drilling pipe when his left pinky was caught under the pipe resulting in a fingertip amputation.
A forklift was setting 8" non-magnetic collars onto a holder that an employee had placed on the ground. As the employee walked away from the holder, the collars rolled toward him and struck his lower left leg. The employee sustained a fractured ankle.
An employee was lowering a string with a valve attached onto a shaker table when their hand was caught between the guardrail and valve. The employee's right thumb was crushed and required surgery.
An employee was removing a rigid metal flow line from a parts basket when the flow line shifted and fell on the employee's right leg, breaking the tibia and fibula.
As an employee was walking away from the rig floor, he tripped and fell, hitting his shoulder on the drill line that was on the rig floor. His right shoulder blade suffered a hairline fracture.
An employee was rigging down a conductor pipe. A pipe swung and struck the employee in the back as it was being hoisted. The employee was hospitalized with a back injury.
An employee was taking a trash cart to a dumpster when one of their fingers was pinched between the trash cart and the dumpster, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was pushing flat shopping carts back into the cart tunnel. When unjamming the carts, part of the cart struck the employee's left shin, resulting in a laceration and bleeding. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was pulling a cart backward in a storage area when his right little finger was pinched between the cart frame and an electrical box mounted to the side of a support column. The employee's right little finger was partially amputated.
An employee was helping to push a welding trailer out of the path of a truck. The trailer then rolled over a half-inch elevation change that rocked the trailer toward an electrical box. The employee's finger was pinched between the welding trailer and electrical box, resulting in a finger amputation approximately 1/2-inch from the end.
An employee was unloading packages from a trailer onto a cart. While moving the cart, it struck the employee's heel causing a tear to their Achilles muscle. The employee required surgery.
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.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.