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Accident Summary Nr: 170203707 - Employee's leg broken when struck by rotating pipe wrench

Accident Summary Nr: 170203707 -- Report ID: 0950626 -- Event Date: 09/02/1990
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
11194277712/13/199013110Hylton Drilling Company

Abstract: At 3:00 a.m. on September 2, 1990, at section 35, township 29S, range 21E, Chevron Oil well #41, in the Cymric Oil Field in McKittrick, CA, Employee #1 was working on the floor of rig #9 when a 24 in. pipe wrench struck him on his lower left leg during the make-up of a joint tubing. He suffered a fractured tibia and was taken to Valley Industrial Medical Group in Bakersfield, from where he was transferred to Memorial Hospital, also in Bakersfield. He was hospitalized until September 4, 1990.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TIBIA, OIL WELL DRILLING, PIPE WRENCH, HAND TOOL, OIL RIG, INATTENTION, LEG

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 111942777 Hospitalized injury Fracture Helpers, extractive occupations

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