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Wyoming Casing Service, Inc.

Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. — Fractures — DELMONT, PENNSYLVANIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Wyoming Casing Service, Inc. in DELMONT, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Wyoming Casing Service, Inc. Report ID 2016098584
Address 2131 Bouquet Road City, State ZIP DELMONT, PENNSYLVANIA 15626
Event Date September 11, 2016 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Event Type Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. Source of Injury Oil drilling rigs and machinery
Industry (NAICS) 213112 Inspection # 1178442
GPS Coordinates 40.40000, -79.57000

Incident Narrative

An employee was working on a rig floor. A casing basket fell into the tongs of a nearby rig, and the tongs would not release. Both retaining chains to the tongs released and the tong movement lever activated. The tongs swung and hit an employee, pinning him between the tongs and a derrick mast. He suffered one broken rib and one bruised lung.

Incident Summary

On September 11, 2016, a worker at Wyoming Casing Service, Inc. in DELMONT, PENNSYLVANIA suffered fractures to the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders. The incident was classified as struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c., with oil drilling rigs and machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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