Lone Star Well Service, LLC

Other fall to lower level, unspecified — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. — GARDEN CITY, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Lone Star Well Service, LLC in GARDEN CITY, TEXAS
Employer Lone Star Well Service, LLC Report ID 20171111337
Address Patterson 5-8 2801H City, State ZIP GARDEN CITY, TEXAS 79739
Event Date November 29, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. Body Part Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Event Type Other fall to lower level, unspecified Source of Injury Oil drilling rigs and machinery
Industry (NAICS) 213112 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 30.33000, -97.83000

Incident Narrative

A crew was pulling a second string of tubing out of a hole and was warming up a collar to break the connection. A swivel operator was spinning the swivel when an employee placed a 36-inch pipe wrench on the top part of the swivel, then placed a cheater bar on the pipe wrench. The swivel continued to turn clockwise with the pipe wrench and cheater bar attached. The employee was still holding onto the cheater bar when it started turning. The employee was then pulled and thrown off the rig floor, suffering a broken clavicle, broken ribs, collapsed right lung, and broken back.

Incident Summary

On November 29, 2017, a worker at Lone Star Well Service, LLC in GARDEN CITY, TEXAS suffered fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. to the multiple body parts, n.e.c.. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level, unspecified, with oil drilling rigs and machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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