WHILE CASING A WELL, THE EE PLACED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE CASING & THE ELEVATOR HOLDING THE CASING. WHEN THE DRILLER LIFTED THE CASING, THE EE'S HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE CASING & THE ELEVATO R.
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Showing all 5CASING A WELL WHEN PIPE HUNG UP ON A CENTRALIZER AND STOPPED. PIPE WAS FORCED FREE AND FELL SEVERAL FEET. RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND GOT BETWEEN PIPE COUPLING AND ELEVATOR, SMASHING AND BREAKIN G THE FINGER.
WELL WAS BEING CASED WHEN LATCH PIN ON HOISTING ELEVATORS CAUGHT ON DERRICK AND PIN WAS JERKED OUT. PIPE FELL AND HIT THE MAN ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD DRIVING HIS TOOTH ONTO A PIECE OF CASING T HAT WAS LYING ON THE CASING TRAILER.
WHILE ADDING A JOINT OF DRILL STEM, STEM WAS SUSPENDED ON CABLE AND SECURED IN PIPE KEEPER. KELLY BAR WAS BEING RAISED AND SHEAVE BLOCK ON CABLE GOT HOOKED ON TOP OF KELLY AND WAS LIFTED OUT OF KEEPER. MAN HAD HIS HAND ON KELLY BUSHING TOGUIDE IT AND STEM THEN JARRED LOOSE FROM KELLY CROSSHEAD AND DROPPED ON THE MAN'S RIGHT RING FINGER. FINGER WAS BROKEN AND NEARLY SEVERED.
TRYING TO PULL A HONDA GENERATOR. IT WAS COLD REFUSED TO START. STRAINED BACK DRUING NUMEROUS TRIES. SOUGHT CHIRO ATTENTION ON 11-21-89 MED ATTENTION ON 11-27-89 WHEN PRESCRIPT AND PHY THERAPY NOT COMP 11-27-89.