Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 152605.015 - Employee is killed due to stuck by injuries on drilling rig

Accident Summary Nr: 152605.015 -- Report ID: 0653510 -- Event Date: 07/09/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1607174.015	07/09/2022		324191	Nabors Drilling Technologies Usa Inc.

Abstract: At 2:00 a.m. on July 9, 2022, an employee was wrapping ends of non-energized electric cables coming from a drilling rig. The employee was working at the bottom of an articulating grasshopper arm on a drilling rig at ground level . A winch was at the top of the arm and was holding a junction box in place above the employee as he wrapped ends of electrical cables. The wire-rope winch line holding the junction box that was above the employee as he worked broke, causing it to fall onto the employee. The employee sustained severe head injuries and was killed.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Electric Cable, Falling Object, Head, Struck By, Winch

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1607174.015	42	M	Fatality

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