PECOS, TEXAS—
Cactus Drilling Company, LLC
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee pulled a stand of drill pipe back and had just finished pushing it back into a "finger" before securing it with rope. The driller was coming down with top drives and blocks. A gust of wind blew the employee's secondary retention into the Kelly hose clamp. As a result, the top drive pulled the cable and the employee down into the steel frame of the derrick board. The employee's left hip and right femur were fractured.
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