Patterson-UTI

An employee with a sledgehammer struck the injured employee's left middle finger while he was holding a board. The injured employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was assisting with pipe on a drilling rig. The slips came down and landed on the employee's left foot fracturing four metatarsals.

Two employees were struck by the rotary table of a drilling rig while installing caisson. Employee 1 suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, and head trauma. Employee 2 suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, spinal injury, and head trauma.

Employees were felling hazard trees. The injured employee was conducting 'bucking' operations to saw a tree from the road when the tree kicked-back, pinning him against the ground and fracturing his left femur. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was greasing tongs on a work-over rig. The tongs lacerated one of the employee's fingers.

An employee was chaining a vehicle when he had to change tools and the compressor. As the compressor was being charged, the employee stepped near the vehicle to make sure the compressor was attached. Then, he instructed a co-worker to lower the compressor. His right hand was on the compressor and under the chain, causing his ring finger to be crushed.

An employee was slipping pipe when it became stuck and the pipe snapped, striking the employee in the back and ribs. The employee sustained fractured ribs.

An employee was checking voltage and fuses to see where power loss was occurring. He touched a magnetic coil and was shocked.

An employee was standing on an injector head feeding chain with a rope, when the rope broke, causing him to lose his balance and fall to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to his left elbow and three ribs.

An employee was pulling drill line from the drill spool while the top drive was not set on the docking pins. The deadman was unexpectedly released which caused the top drive to fall to the drill floor from a height of 30 feet. This caused the drill line that was being pulled out and laid on the ground to retract and strike an employee. The employee suffered fractures to his legs and neck.

An employee was conducting maintenance on a pipe and was using a T-bar tool to secure the retainer cap on a pump. The employee's left index finger was caught in the rotating pump, resulting in a partial amputation.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.