Struck by falling object unspecified · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Nabors Drilling Technologies USA Inc., Hwy 85 & 83rd St NW, ZAHL, NORTH DAKOTA 58856
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Head unspecified.
Final narrative
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.
Hospitalized Head unspecified Pipes, tubes metal
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