STONEWALL — A man reportedly working on a natural gas rig in DeSoto Parish had one of his arms or hands amputated late Tuesday night.





The incident was reported to 911 about 9 p.m. DeSoto sheriff's deputies were dispatched to meet a truck with the injured man at state Highway 3276 at Linwood Road. Life Air landed at the site within minutes and picked him up.

The man was driven to the intersection in a private vehicle from a Chespeake Energy Corp. well site on Red Bluff Road, Sheriff Rodney Arbuckle said. Other details about what happened were still sketchy at press time, he said


The injury joins more than a half-dozen others occurring since last year when the Haynesville Shale natural gas exploration took hold in DeSoto. At least one other arm amputation and several head injuries have been reported.


Three men have died, with the latest happening in mid-November during a well blowout in Grand Cane. A Shreveport man died in February, and a Logansport man died in September.


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Another accident at rig in Haynesville Shale

12/30/2009

Associated Press


Chesapeake Energy Corp. says two contract workers were injured during equipment maintenance at a natural gas well in the final stages of completion in DeSoto Parish.

Company spokesman Kevin McCotter says one worker is being treated for a serious hand injury at LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, and the other was treated for minor injuries.

McCotter says both men work for Bronco Oilfield Services of Longview, Texas.

The accident occurred about 9 p.m. Tuesday at a well operated by Chesapeake Operating, Inc.

Accidents at DeSoto Parish rigs for Haynesville Shale natural gas exploration have caused three deaths, several head injuries and one arm amputation since last year.

McCotter says the accident will be investigated.


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