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Professional Directional Enterprises, Inc.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part — Fractures — CONROE, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Professional Directional Enterprises, Inc. in CONROE, TEXAS
Employer Professional Directional Enterprises, Inc. Report ID 2018077404
Address 850 Conroe Park West Drive City, State ZIP CONROE, TEXAS 77303
Event Date July 22, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Multiple body parts, unspecified
Event Type Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part Source of Injury Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
Secondary Source Oil drilling rigs and machinery
Industry (NAICS) 213112 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 30.36000, -95.45000

Incident Narrative

An employee was changing a bottom hole assembly and laying down a stabilizer and pony sub. Nearby rig hands could not get a pipe to a trowel. He saw they were in trouble with the pipe and attempted to help get the pipe to the trowel, but the driller did not land the pipe in the trowel. The pipe landed on the edge and rolled out, pinching him against a frame and stabilizer. He fractured his scapula and the spinous processes on his vertebrae.

Incident Summary

On July 22, 2018, a worker at Professional Directional Enterprises, Inc. in CONROE, TEXAS suffered fractures to the multiple body parts, unspecified. The incident was classified as struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part, with pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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