Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wyoming Casing Service, Inc, 39.857741, -108.32908, MEEKER, COLORADO 81641
on — Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
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.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersOil drilling rigs and machinery
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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.
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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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