El Paso Man Injured In Andrews County Rig Accident
By: Dylan Brooks
Updated: January 16, 2013
Andrews County Sheriff's deputies say that a 38-year-old El Paso man was moving a pipe rack on a Patterson Drilling rig about 17 miles east of Andrews, when the rack shifted and fell onto the man's leg around 4:55 PM on Wednesday.
Andrews County Sheriff's deputies, Andrews E.M.S. crews and Andrews volunteer firefighters all rushed to the scene.
The injured worker was then airlifted to Odessa Regional Medical Center with lower leg injuries.
The man's name has not been released.


