Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Nabors Drilling, 1.6 ml North of Noble, NOBLE, LOUISIANA 71462
on — Fractures and other injuries, unspecified, affecting the head and trunk.
Final narrative
An employee was climbing a fixed ladder and fell approximately 5 feet to the deck then rolled and fell another 3 feet to the ground. The employee suffered 2 broken ribs and head trauma.
An employee was retrieving cable that had been laid on top of pipe racks. The employee's leg was pinned between two pipe racks. The employee suffered a contusion to the leg and was hospitalized.
An employee was walking with a relief crew, inspecting rig-down operations. The employee fell through an open hinge floor plate, landing 3 1/2 feet below and suffering a dislocated left shoulder and broken left humerus.
While using a tag line to move a pipe, an employee lost control of the tag line. The employee's right arm was then caught between the pipe and a drilling rig, breaking it.
On June 27, 2016, at approximately 8:00 a.m., an employee was unpinning traveling blocks from a top drive when the blocks shifted and his right hand was caught in a pinch point, amputating his ring fingertip.
An employee putting thread protectors on drill pipe was resting his hand on a TM-80 iron rough neck. The rough neck operator did not see his hand and started retracting the equipment, which caught the employee's right hand in a pinch point and broke a bone.
An employee was preparing a tank car for loading while chipping away solidified product in the manway opening of the tank car. A pressure noise within the tank car startled the employee, causing him to stumble backward and fall approximately 10 feet over the guard railing at the chemical loading rack to the ground. The employee suffered fractured vertebrae, a fractured right wrist and ankle, and a dislocated jaw.
An employee was installing an electrical tray remover from a ladder. As he was descending, his missed a step and fell 6-7 feet to the floor. The employee suffered a head injury.
Two employees were installing spray foam insulation in the attic of a new residential construction. The injured employee fell 8 feet from an A-frame ladder to the floor. The employee suffered lacerations, abrasions, and a head injury.
An employee was on a raised platform attaching wires to electrical boxes. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to the floor below and struck an exit sign on the way down, resulting in an injury to his face.
An employee was in a forklift man basket fixing a garage door opener when they fell approximately 8 feet to the concrete ground below. The employee suffered head and back injuries as well as kidney bruising.
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.
A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.
A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.
A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.
An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.