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Lewis County man dies during incident at Parkersburg-based oil rig

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. –A Lewis County man died after he suffered what company officials described as “critical” injuries on a Parkersburg-based oil rig.

According to the Senior Manager of Corporate Communications with Helmerich & Payne Carrie Clark, the incident occured on June 8, around 9:40 a.m. which caused one of their employees, identified as Andrew Lee Davis, 23, to suffer injuries.

Davis was taken to the hospital where he later died.





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