Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Performance Contracting, Inc., Nabors Drilling USA LP, ALICE, TEXAS 78332
on — Fractures, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee sat down on a rack. The rack shifted, crushing and fracturing his right foot.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), unspecifiedRacks-garment and other
More severe injuries at Performance Contracting, Inc.
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