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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc, 9269 Fish Creek Rd, GLEN EASTON, WEST VIRGINIA 26039 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

Two employees were installing a belt in a pump motor's belt and pulley system. When the pulleys were rotated, one employee's right ring fingertip was caught by the belt and pulley and amputated.

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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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TForce Freight

An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.

Liveo Research, Inc.

An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.

Best Pump and Flow

An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY

During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

Lasseter Tractor Company. Inc.

An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.

Hall Drilling, LLC

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.

C. Miller Drilling Inc

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.

Amercian Well Service Llp

An employee was working to remove a stuck fish tool from a drill shoe. Their thumb was struck by a hammer, resulting in amputation.

Axis Energy Services

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.

ROBINSON DRILLING OF TEXAS, LTD

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.

Caperton Furniture Works, LLC

An employee tripped over a concrete curb stop in a parking lot. The employee fell to the ground, landing on their left hip and breaking it.

Certainteed Gypsum West Virginia, Inc

An employee was conducting routine maintenance on a mixer. New lid pins had been installed, and the employee was rotating by hand to ensure they had been installed correctly. The employee's left middle finger was caught between the lid and top of a pin. The momentum from the mixer continued, causing a crushing injury to the finger. The employee underwent a medical amputation from the top knuckle to the tip of the finger.

Owens Corning

An employee was climbing down a ladder when it slipped. The employee fell, suffering a broken scapula and broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

Applied Integrated Services, LLC

An employee was climbing down a 15-foot multipurpose ladder. The employee fell about 8 feet, landing on the concrete floor and the ladder itself. The employee suffered several injuries, all on the right side: broken ribs, a broken sternum, a broken temporal bone, broken shoulder, multiple fractures to the cheekbone, and a brain bleed.

Fedex Freight Inc.

An employee was rolling up the landing gear on his trailer when the handle began to unwind and struck his face, fracturing his jaw. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.