MANSFIELD, LOUISIANA—
Helmerich and Payne International Drilling Company
Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Helmerich and Payne International Drilling Company, GLORIAS RANCH 10- 3HC 3 ALT, MANSFIELD, LOUISIANA 71052 on — Fractures, affecting the upper and lower limb(s).
Final narrative
A crew was pinning an expanded metal walkway to the side of a shipping container during rigging operations. A forklift was being used to hold the walkway up against the side of the shipping container but needed to be repositioned. While doing so, the walkway fell on top of the injured employee and they sustained right ankle and clavicle fractures.
More severe injuries at Helmerich and Payne International Drilling Company
EL INDIO, TEXAS—
Helmerich and Payne International Drilling Company
An employee was changing out hoses on rig substructure scaffolding when he stepped back and fell through an edge of the scaffolding within the rig substructure. The employee fell 18 feet to the ground in an open cellar and sustained a fractured left tibia and a compression fracture to their T12 vertebra.
TULSA, OKLAHOMA—
Helmerich and Payne International Drilling Company
An employee had just finished blasting several parts in the blast booth. He began to use compressed air to blow the steel shot media off two drive rings (brake housings weighing 1,114 pounds) that were on separate pallets 45 inches apart. He heard a cracking sound and turned as the drive ring behind him fell over, hit the small of his back, and landed on his left leg and foot. The employee sustained fractures to their tibia, fibula, ankle, and foot.
GILLETT, TEXAS—
Helmerich and Payne International Drilling Company
An employee was at an oil rig, cleaning a window while standing on the second rung of a ladder. The ladder shifted and he fell. He landed on the rig floor and suffered fractures to the left lower tibia and fibula.
MOULTON, TEXAS—
Helmerich and Payne International Drilling Company
Employees were attempting to lift and move a cellar cover in order to install a work platform in the cellar for a welder. The cover came into contact with the blowout preventer spool, causing it to fall back. An employee's right middle finger was caught between the cellar cover and the tin horn, causing an amputation to the first knuckle.
View Helmerich and Payne International Drilling Company's full OSHA safety record →
Similar incidents · Same event type
BRADENTON, FLORIDA—
Sunpro Motorized Awnings and Screens
Two employees were walking through the warehouse behind a forklift that was moving pallets of 30-foot metal bottom bars. When the forklift reversed, the top of the forklift struck a box of metal bottom bars on top of racking, causing the box to fall and strike the two employees. They were both taken to the hospital; one employee was treated and released without being admitted. The other employee was hospitalized with a fractured left orbital bone and an injured right knee.
MIDLAND, TEXAS—
New Wave Energy Services
The injured employee was spray painting lay flat shipping reels while another employee was picking up the reels with a telehandler after they were painted. The telehandler bumped a reel, causing other reels to fall. The injured employee was caught between the reels, resulting in broken left femur.
LOCKPORT, ILLINOIS—
CAVO Broadband Communications, LLC
An employee was installing an aerial drop cable across a roadway. The employee was on a ladder positioned against a telephone pole. Cable had been installed on one side of the roadway. The employee was making the connection to the pole on the opposite side of the roadway when a box truck contacted the cable, causing the employee to fall onto the grass of the customer's yard. The employee sustained broken ribs and was hospitalized.
DALLAS, TEXAS—
Indorama Ventures Sustainable Recycling, LLC
An employee was performing routine housekeeping duties when a bale of plastic bottles slid off the forks of a forklift that was backing out of a trailer. The bale struck the employee, pushing her into another machine. The employee suffered a fractured rib and punctured lung.
OCALA, FLORIDA—
Phoenix Wood Products, LLC.
An employee was using a 4-by-4 to straighten a pack of wood. A forklift nudged the 4-by-4, which caused the employee's right hand to be caught between it and the pack of wood. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the right ring finger.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 213111)
HANNIBAL, OHIO—
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.
PILOT POINT, TEXAS—
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.
WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA—
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.
WICKETT, TEXAS—
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.
PECOS, TEXAS—
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.
More severe injuries in LOUISIANA
PINEVILLE, LOUISIANA—
Kisatchie Midnight Express
A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.
ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA—
CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Hospital
A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA—
University Medical Center New Orleans LCMC Health
A security employee was holstering her firearm when the gun discharged a bullet into her right leg. The employee was hospitalized.
SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA—
Jean Simpson Personnel Services, Inc.
A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.
PINEVILLE, LOUISIANA—
Calvary Industries Inc
An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.