Struck by running powered equipment unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Helmerich & Payne Drilling, Inc., 31.5498910 N / Long: -101.6812463 W, MIDLAND, TEXAS 79701
on — Fractures , affecting the Forearm(s).
Final narrative
An employee was working to straighten up a lifting sub for a reamer while it was inside the automated floor wrench. The spinner doors closed, catching the employee's right forearm. The employee sustained a fractured right radius and a displaced fracture of the right ulna. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
Hospitalized Forearm(s) Drilling and extraction machinery unspecified
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