PYOTE, TEXAS—
Sidewinder Drilling, LLC
Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was checking the coolant level in a radiator for one of the rig's generators. When he twisted the radiator cap, the cap came off and he was sprayed with hot coolant resulting in burns to his right arm, shoulder, chest and scapula. Immediately afterward he ran towards the rig manager's trailer and while doing so tripped and fell resulting in a broken right clavicle and cracked scapula.
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