Exposure to environmental heat · Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Helmerich & Payne IDC, Helmerich & Payne Rig 536, PECOS, TEXAS 79772
on — Effects of heat and light, n.e.c., affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning the rig floor and felt sick from dehydration.
An employee was walking past an electric fan when their shirt was caught in the fan. The employee's right arm was pulled into the fan resulting in lacerations and a fractured forearm.
An employee was inserting drill pipe slips into the rotary table by kicking the slips while tripping drill pipe out of the hole when his foot was caught between the slips and the drill pipe, fracturing three toes and lacerating his right foot.
An employee was walking between a rig and generator when he stepped on the line backer (a device to protect cables and hose from damage) during wet conditions and was shocked.
An employee was in a hole using tongs to torque an electrical connection when his left little finger got caught between the latch and the head of the tong, resulting in a partial finger amputation.
An employee was installing master bushings during the casing running operation and suffered a crushing injury to the left index fingertip resulting in amputation of the first digit.
An employee was performing finishing work on a residential driveway when they began to experience body cramps and were hospitalized for heat stress and dehydration.
An agent was participating in SWAT team selection and was performing various physical fitness skills including running and exercise intervals. The agent experienced dehydration and a muscular injury that required hospitalization.
On September 26, 2023, an employee was delivering packages when he began to feel ill with a pain in his side. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion and dehydration.
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.