Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Nabors Drilling, Rig X-35, RUSTON, LOUISIANA 71272
on , Fractures, affecting the hand(s), except finger(s).
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Final narrative
An employee putting thread protectors on drill pipe was resting his hand on a TM-80 iron rough neck. The rough neck operator did not see his hand and started retracting the equipment, which caught the employee's right hand in a pinch point and broke a bone.
HospitalizedHand(s), except finger(s)Mining and drilling machinery, n.e.c.