Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Helmerich and Payne Inc., H&p Rig 264 drilling location, BIG LAKE, TEXAS 76932
on , Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
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Final narrative
A crew of employees was using a hoist to lift a drillable sub on the rig floor. Single-joint elevators were placed on the sub before lifting. As the crew started to lift the sub, the sub struck the derrick leg, causing the single-joint elevators to open and the sub to drop approximately 1 1/2 feet, striking the injured employee in the right leg below the knee. The employee suffered two leg fractures.