WATONGA, OKLAHOMA·2016-09-19

Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Company

Stings and venomous bites · Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Company, Rig #526, WATONGA, OKLAHOMA 73772 on 2016-09-19, Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified, affecting the body systems.

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Final narrative

An employee was driving back to the rig from the water well and ran over a rattlesnake. He got out of his vehicle and walked to the rattlesnake, which bit his right middle finger. He was hospitalized.

Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Venomous snakes

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