UHRICHSVILLE, OHIO—
Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC, Rig 580, UHRICHSVILLE, OHIO 44683 on — Fractures , affecting the Back coccygeal region.
Final narrative
An employee was standing on a piece of equipment called a K-brace, approximately 3.5 feet off the ground. He was working to assemble part of the K-brace. He was driving a metal pin with a sledgehammer and put the sledgehammer on the ground. He then hopped off the K-brace backward and struck the handle of the sledgehammer as he came to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration to his left buttocks and a fractured tailbone.
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Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
On September 18, 2025, an employee was descending stairs on a rig floor when he fell on the third step from the top and landed on his right foot, which then turned inward. The employee suffered a fracture that required hospitalization.
RATLIFF CITY, OKLAHOMA—
Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
An employee fell onto a rig floor while a stand of drill pipe was being moved nearby. The employee had just braced himself, putting his hand out in front of him, when the stand of pipe was set down on the floor. It crushed the employee's left ring finger, resulting in an amputation to the finger.
RATLIFF CITY, OKLAHOMA—
Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC
An employee was standing on the ground while rolling a pony sub from the forks of a forklift onto a catwalk. The sub shifted and fell approximately two feet onto the top of their right safety boot. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured foot that required surgery.
NEW TOWN, NORTH DAKOTA—
Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
Two employees were carrying a drill bit and installation tool to the center of a drilling rig floor. One of them slipped and fell, and the drill bit and installation tool landed on his left hand. He suffered an open fracture and partial amputation of the last joint of the little finger, as well as a laceration to the ring finger.
WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA—
Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC
An employee was working on a rig floor while connected to a hoist line that was leaning against a derrick held up by a tugger. The tugger fell and a 5-foot sub pipe struck the employee's head, knocking him over. He stood up quickly and his head struck a catwalk trough. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion and a laceration behind their ear with an indented fracture.
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