Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-10-15 | Ackerly | Tx | Flower Grove Co-op Gin | Nonclassifiable | Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was coming out of a room and turned off the light switch. An explosion occurred due to a propane line running through the ceiling in the office which provided gas to a heater. Three employees were injured; two of them were hospitalized with burns. | |||||
2018-07-31 | Ackerly | Texas | Falcon Energy Services | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was standing on the drum of an oil rig washing and removing grease from the drum when the operator activated the drum. The employee then fell between the drum and cable, fracturing his right femur. | |||||
2017-02-03 | Ackerly | Texas | Capstar Drilling INC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was cleaning the rig when he reached for something and fell 8 to 10 feet to the ground, fracturing ribs and puncturing a lung. He was hospitalized. His safety lanyard was unhooked at the time of the incident. | |||||
2016-09-20 | Ackerly | Texas | Dawson Geophysical | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
An employee was working in a field environment and stepped near a hole where a rattlesnake contacted the employee on the lower leg. |