Accident Report Detail
Accident: 110425.015 - Employee Sustains Fractured Tibia When Struck By Tongs
Accident: 110425.015 -- Report ID: 0627510 -- Event Date: 09/04/2018 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1356136.015 | 10/25/2018 | Lewis Casing Crews, Inc. | |||||
At 6:30 p.m. on September 4, 2018, an employee was working for a firm that provided support activities for oil and gas operations. He was operating tongs. A winch line broke, and the tongs struck the employee in his right leg. He sustained a fracture of the tibia in his lower right leg. He was hospitalized. | |||||||
Keywords:
struck by, tongs, winch, equipment failure, gas well, oil well drilling/servicing, mech malfunction, oil well drilling, leg, gas well drilling, fracture, wire rope, tibia
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1356136.015 | 37 | M | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Laborers, except construction |