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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.

Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc., Mandaree Rig B26, MANDAREE, NORTH DAKOTA 58757 on — Fractures, affecting the elbow(s).

An employee was walking on the rig floor when he slipped on an open drill hole 10 inches in diameter, falling to the floor and fracturing both elbows.

Hospitalized Elbow(s) Floor irregularity

Nabors Drilling Technologies USA Inc.

An employee was inserting drilling slips in a wellbore. The drill pipe separated, moved within the wellbore, and struck the employee's head. The employee suffered head trauma.

Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.

An employee was applying thread protector covers and moving the floor wrench into a stow position so they could lay pipe down. The wrench crushed the employee's hand between the wrench housing and a pipe.

Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.

An employee connected a pipe elevator to a drill string. The pipe elevator unlatched while the string was being lifted. The elevator struck the employee causing a fracture and dislocation to their right elbow. The employee was hospitalized.

Nabors Drilling Technologies USA Inc.

An employee was removing tubulars from a mousehole but the slips did not release from the tubular until it was raised. When the slips released, they slid down the tubular and struck the employee in the head. The employee sustained a back injury, a head laceration, and a fractured rib.

Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.

An employee was climbing the derrick girt to perform work on a cover. As they went to tie off the top drive, the driller came down with the top drive pulling the employee off the girt and onto the top drive. The employee sustained fractures to the pelvis and tailbone.

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An employee was walking on the sidewalk toward the front entrance of the building to start her work shift. She tripped over uneven pavement and fell onto the concrete sidewalk. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left hip and a sprained left knee.

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An employee was walking into work through a doorway when she tripped on the door sill and fell to the floor, fracturing her humerus.

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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.

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An employee fell from a dock to ground level (less than 4 feet) and broke their tibia/knee.

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An employee was on the ground working to close a trailer door. The door was caught by the wind and blew the employee backward. He landed on his back and sustained four fractured ribs, requiring hospitalization.

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An employee was walking on top of boiler to close a valve. The employee fell off the boiler and landed on the floor, sustaining fractured ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

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An employee was exiting a loader and coming down the ladder. His hand slipped off the railing and he fell backward onto sandy ground, landing on his side. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis and a rotator cuff tear.

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An employee's left bicep was lacerated by high-pressure water during water blasting operations. The employee was hospitalized.