PECOS, TEXAS—
Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Company
Struck by propelled, falling, or suspended object unspecified · Fractures
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Company, Rio Lobo State C 312H (Rig 496), PECOS, TEXAS 79772 on — Fractures , affecting the Leg(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
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.
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