Struck by object or equipment, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Nabors Drilling Technologies USA Inc., M7507 Drilling Rig, ODESSA, TEXAS 79760
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the mouth, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using a hydraulic tugger to lift a driller cage. The chain that the driller cage was hanging on broke and the driller cage struck the employee's face resulting in a mouth injury.
HospitalizedMouth, unspecifiedCages, cage racks
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