Accident Report Detail

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 Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111942777	12/13/1990	1311	0	Hylton 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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