VERNAL — An oil-field worker was seriously injured Friday in an industrial accident.
The Vernal man, 38, was part of a roustabout crew working on a pipeline, Uintah County Sheriff's Cpl. Brian Fletcher said.
Fletcher said the crew was using a piece of heavy equipment with a boom to move 50-foot sections of pipe. At some point, the tongs on the boom disengaged, dropping a section of pipe to the ground. The pipe bounced and struck the man, shattering his right leg, Fletcher said.
A medical helicopter airlifted the man to University Hospital. The man never lost consciousness, Fletcher said.
The investigation into the incident is ongoing.
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— Geoff Liesik