Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201090487 - Employee injured when struck in leg

Accident Summary Nr: 201090487 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 11/08/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126206796	01/15/1997	1381	0	Gary Drilling Co.

Abstract: At approximately 5:45 a.m. on November 8, 1996, Employee #1, of Gary Drilling Company, was working on an oil well drilling rig at Santa Fe Energy, Inc. The crew was running a 5 1/2 liner into the well hole when a joint slipped off the catwalk and struck Employee #1. He sustained multiple fractures of his lower left leg and was transported to Memorial Hospital in Bakersfield, CA, where he was hospitalized for three days. Employee #1 had placed himself in the danger zone, which was not a working area.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, OIL WELL DRILLING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, OIL RIG, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126206796			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Helpers, extractive occupations

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