Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Twin Ridge Pad, BLOSSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 16912
on — Fractures, affecting the wrist(s).
Final narrative
An employee was performing rigging operations at a well pad. He was walking on a containment pad walkway that was slippery from a recent rain/snow event. He slipped and fell. He attempted to catch himself during the fall and fractured his left wrist. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedWrist(s)Oil drilling rigs and machinery
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