Entangled in other object or equipment · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC, N28.9499 W-97.9846, HOBSON, TEXAS 78117
on , Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was using a tail rope to guide a stand of drill pipe into the mousehole from the derrick board. The tail rope became caught in the single joint elevators and tangled around the employee's lower right leg resulting in fractures to the tibia and fibula.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Oil drilling rigs and machinery
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