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Report: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation at Integrity Services, LLC in Midland, Texas

DATE: 01/31/18

An employee was tripping pipe (drilling the pipe down) and screening a drill collar into a stump. He and another employee pushed the tongs into the spinning pipe. The tongs then bit back, crushing him between the tongs and the derrick leg. He received fractures to his upper torso and punctured both lungs.

Report ID 2018011020  
Date 01/31/2018  
UPA 1305741  
Inspection 1292671  
Primary NAICS 213111  
Nature 194 Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
Part of Body 310 Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Source 3244 Oil drilling rigs and machinery
Event 6412 Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Hospitalized Yes  
Amputation No  

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