| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-02-24 | Watonga | Ok | Cyclone Drilling Inc. | Cheek(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was standing in front of a heater, watching a casing being floated into a hole to seal it. A ball valve failed and burst apart, fracturing the employee's cheekbone and lacerating his cheek. | |||||
| 2019-02-25 | Watonga | Oklahoma | Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Company | Forearm(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| A derrickman was trying to latch a stand of drill pipe at the derrick board. The stand pulled him off the board, pinning his left forearm against the safety gate and breaking it. | |||||
| 2018-01-08 | Watonga | Oklahoma | CHAPMAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was stringing an overhead powerline of a pulling rig between two towers. When another employee started pulling the wire, the employee maintained contact with the wire and was raised approximately 15 to 20 feet above the ground. He then lost his grip on the wire and fell to the ground, breaking his pelvis and left wrist. | |||||
| 2017-10-11 | Watonga | Oklahoma | Oil States Energy Services, LLC | Multiple upper extremities locations | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was rigging down an isolation tool on a crane truck when he slipped on wireline grease that was on the bed of the mobile crane truck and fell to the ground, fracturing his left wrist, right elbow, and right shoulder. | |||||
| 2017-09-08 | Watonga | Oklahoma | Bison Oilfield Services, LLC | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was using a pressure washer to wash a drilling rig when the washer hose became twisted. As the employee was untwisting it, the pressure washer ran over his boots, causing hot water to burn his foot and debris to enter his left middle toe. He required surgery to remove the debris. | |||||
| 2017-06-22 | Watonga | Oklahoma | Helmerich and Payne Drilling | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee passed out while working on an oil and gas rig due to a combination of heat stress, dehydration, and blood sugar issues. | |||||
| 2016-10-16 | Watonga | Oklahoma | Edge Services, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was working on the ground aligning the bottom of a 13 3/8" casing joint into the drilling rig v-door by hand. A winch on the rig floor was lifting the joint top through the v-door. The winch line was lowered causing the bottom of the pipe to slide into the injured employee's left foot resulting in a compound ankle fracture. | |||||
| 2016-09-19 | Watonga | Oklahoma | Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
| An employee was driving back to the rig from the water well and ran over a rattlesnake. He got out of his vehicle and walked to the rattlesnake, which bit his right middle finger. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-05-25 | Watonga | Oklahoma | Testco, Inc. | Skull | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
| An employee was plumbing in a separator on a natural gas line that had pressure in it. The line blew up and knocked the employee to the ground, spraying him with dirt and rocks. He fractured his skull and suffered cuts to his arms. | |||||
| 2015-11-27 | Watonga | Oklahoma | Helmerich and Payne, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
| An employee working on a oil and gas drilling rig fell from a height of 85 feet due to icy conditions on the derrick board. The ladder safety device did not engage properly resulting in the employee's fall. The employee was hospitalized with multiple broken bones, internal injuries, and lacerations. | |||||
| 2015-08-29 | Watonga | Oklahoma | Scientific Drilling | Fingertip(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
| An employee was working on an oil rig attempting to place a pulser into the drilling hole. A metal cable on the hula band being used to guide the pulser into the hole caught his thumb and amputated it at the first joint. | |||||
| 2015-06-26 | Watonga | Oklahoma | Dondlinger Construction | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| On Friday 6/26/2015, at 9:00 a.m., a maintenance employee was driving, putting a brand new pin into the backhoe/excavator bucket with a slug hammer. A piece of metal from the new pin broke off, struck him and was imbedded in his shoulder. The injury required hospitalization. | |||||