WATONGA, OKLAHOMA—
Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Company
Struck by discharged object or substance · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Company, Hwy 270 & Hwy 3 in Watonga OK. Go E on Hwy 3 4miles N2610 Rd. Turn N on N2610 Rd. 2.5miles E, WATONGA, OKLAHOMA 73772 on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was on mud pumps cleaning out the bay with a pressure washer when the tip of the washer wand came off. Diesel fluid was injected into his finger as he was replacing the wand tip.
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PECOS, TEXAS—
Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Company
An employee was changing out the elements in the double-rotating head. The peg that was welded to the rig floor, where the double-rotating head was being stored, broke at the weld causing the metal rotating head to fall and strike the employee's left leg and fracture it.
KILLDEER, NORTH DAKOTA—
Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Company
An employee had been lowered down to a catwalk with a hoist. He was unhooking the hoist from the rotating head when it fell over. His left leg was pinned between the rotating head and a pipe retention post, resulting in swelling and inability to bear weight on his leg.
WATONGA, OKLAHOMA—
Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Company
A derrickman was trying to latch a stand of drill pipe at the derrick board. The stand pulled him off the board, pinning his left forearm against the safety gate and breaking it.
PECOS, TEXAS—
Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Company
An employee was opening the forks of a forklift to pick up a bag of casing protectors when his left ring fingertip was partially amputated between the fork and the forklift carriage. Impact gloves were worn at the time of the incident.
WATONGA, OKLAHOMA—
Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Company
An employee was driving back to the rig from the water well and ran over a rattlesnake. He got out of his vehicle and walked to the rattlesnake, which bit his right middle finger. He was hospitalized.
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