Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115900.015 - Employee lacerates hand when struck by falling pipe joint

Accident Summary Nr: 115900.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 04/30/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1397746.015	05/02/2019		213111	Patterson-Uti Drilling Company Llc

Abstract: At 2:00 a.m. on April 30, 2019, an employee was working as an oil well driller for a firm that drilled oil and gas wells. He was moving strings of pipe joint on a rig floor. The pipe joints were 100 millimeters (4 inches) in size, and they had 125 millimeter (5 inch) inserts. The employee was struck by a pipe joint when it fell out of the elevator. He suffered a laceration to his left hand that necessitated surgery. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Drill Pipe, Falling Object, Gas Well, Gas Well Drilling, Hand, Laceration, Oil Rig, Oil Well Drilling, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1397746.015	28	M	Hospitalized injury		Drillers, oil well

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