JACOBSBURG, OHIO—
Patterson-UTI Energy Inc
Fall on same level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Patterson-UTI Energy Inc, Rig 296 [39.933907, -80.923051], JACOBSBURG, OHIO 43933 on — Fractures, affecting the face, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was unscrewing and separating a connection of a drill pipe when drilling mud sprayed out of the connection, causing the employee to fall backward and strike his face on a piece of equipment. The employee suffered a laceration on his lip and a facial fracture.
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An employee was assisting with pinning a set of stairs when the stairs shifted and struck the employee. The employee was pinched between the stairs and a stationary forklift, resulting in a pelvis fracture.
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Patterson-UTI Energy Inc
An employee was pushing back a stand of drill pipe on a rig floor. He slipped and fell forward, putting his hands out in front of him to brace his fall. The drill pipe moved back slightly and pinched his right index and middle fingers against the rig floor, resulting in the amputation of the two fingertips above the first knuckle.
BLOOMINGDALE, OHIO—
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An employee was walking across the rig floor carrying a large bolt, called a connecting pin, when he tripped on an object and fell to the floor. The bolt impacted the end of his left ring finger and amputated the fingertip.
BETHANY, LOUISIANA—
Patterson-UTI Energy Inc
An employee was closing a manhole cover in the floor of a mud pit when a disconnected 6-inch discharge line lying next to the cover shifted, pinching the end of the employee's finger between the floor grating and the discharge line. The employee suffered an amputation of the tip of his left middle finger.
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