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Hydro Resources

Struck by dislodged or detached object(s) — Fractures — TEMPLE, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Hydro Resources in TEMPLE, TEXAS
Employer Hydro Resources Report ID 2024021685
Address 2810 Bob White Rd City, State ZIP TEMPLE, TEXAS 76501
Event Date February 23, 2024 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Part of body unspecified
Event Type Struck by dislodged or detached object(s) Source of Injury Rig tongs, power tongs
Secondary Source Drilling and extraction machinery unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 488390 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 31.05000, -97.29000

Incident Narrative

An employee was tripping out pipe on a water drill rig. As he was breaking the drill pipe loose, a bolt on the snub line slipped out of the tong clamp which holds the pipe. The tong spun and struck the employee in the back of his upper right shoulder and pushed him into the driller's console with knobs to operate levers. The employee sustained fractures and a mouth injury.

Incident Summary

On February 23, 2024, a worker at Hydro Resources in TEMPLE, TEXAS suffered fractures to the part of body unspecified. The incident was classified as struck by dislodged or detached object(s), with rig tongs, power tongs identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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