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Helmerich and Payne International Drilling Co.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — KENEDY, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Helmerich and Payne International Drilling Co. in KENEDY, TEXAS
Employer Helmerich and Payne International Drilling Co. Report ID 2017032538
Address Wessendorff A Unit Karnes County Texas City, State ZIP KENEDY, TEXAS 78119
Event Date March 20, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Leg(s), unspecified
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Pipes, ducts, tubing, n.e.c.
Secondary Source Structures, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 213111 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 28.83000, -97.86000

Incident Narrative

The injured employee was assisting another employee to remove a joint of drill pipe from the pipe rack/gull wings by utilizing an extended boom forklift. The rack was in close proximity to the motor sheds. In order to reach the joint of drill pipe, the forklift was positioned at a 45 degree angle from the rack. The injured employee used lifting slings to raise the load and was caught between the motor shed and the joint of drill pipe injuring his right leg.

Incident Summary

On March 20, 2017, a worker at Helmerich and Payne International Drilling Co. in KENEDY, TEXAS suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the leg(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with pipes, ducts, tubing, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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