| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-03 | Big Spring | Tx | Wood Group Production Services Inc | Lower leg(s) | Gored or rammed by animal |
| An employee was reading gas meters when a ram attacked him. The ram struck his lower left leg from behind, resulting in a fractured tibia that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2021-06-29 | Big Spring | Tx | FCI Big Spring | Forearm(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was mopping a room when he slipped and fell sustaining a broken ulna and radius in the right arm. | |||||
| 2021-02-09 | Big Spring | Tx | Red Rock Oilfield Services, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee placed a stripper head down on a deck and pinched his thumb between the stripper head and the deck, resulting in a fractured thumb. | |||||
| 2021-01-04 | Big Spring | Tx | Gesch Contracting, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| An employee was unloading bore gel from a trailer when they fell in a hole in the trailer decking, resulting in broken bones in their foot that required surgery. | |||||
| 2020-09-07 | Big Spring | Tx | Targa WesTex LLC | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was draining gas from a scrubber when a fire erupted and burned the employee's face and hands. | |||||
| 2020-09-03 | Big Spring | Tx | Birch Resources, LLC | Multiple body parts | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| Employees were turning a well back on. An employee was standing next to a tester when a flex line failed under pressure and blew, striking and fracturing the employee's left collarbone and jaw. | |||||
| 2020-06-18 | Big Spring | Texas | Permian Basin Aire Serv, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was troubleshooting an air conditioner in a customer's attic. As the employee was exiting the attic area using the customer's ladder, it slipped and the employee fell approximately 10 to 15 feet to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a concussion, blood clots in the head, and swelling of the brain. | |||||
| 2020-06-05 | Big Spring | Texas | Geo Group | Heel(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee fell about 6 feet from a communications repeater affixed to a building. He suffered fractures to both heels. | |||||
| 2020-02-25 | Big Spring | Texas | JDub Energy Services, LLC | Multiple body parts | Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was draining condensate from an air compressor when a catastrophic failure occurred on a check valve on a natural gas line. The natural gas began blowing toward the running compressor and the gas ignited causing an explosion. The employee was hospitalized for second and third degree burns to the face, hands, left leg, and left midsection. | |||||
| 2019-08-28 | Big Spring | Texas | Key Energy Services | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was setting a 90-degree elbow while another employee operated the crown. The block dropped and crushed the employee's right hand. | |||||
| 2019-07-26 | Big Spring | Texas | Robinson Drilling of Texas | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was working to remove a broken bolt out of the top drive unit. While removing the swivel/quill, it shifted and fell back into place causing the partial amputation of his left index finger. | |||||
| 2019-07-22 | Big Spring | Texas | Robinson Drilling of Texas | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee experienced heat stress. | |||||
| 2019-06-28 | Big Spring | Texas | MCG Drilling and Completing LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee grabbed a drilling line that was being used to lift gin poles and the line pulled the employee's hand into the top sheave of the gin poles, smashing four of his left-hand fingers at the mid-knuckle and resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2019-06-03 | Big Spring | Texas | Tetra Technologies | Lower leg(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
| An employee stepped down from an uneven surface and fractured their right tibia and fibula. | |||||
| 2019-01-10 | Big Spring | Texas | Basic Energy Services | Nonclassifiable | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| A crew was rigging down when a winch line became hung up on the operations platform. The platform then failed and an employee was caught between the rails and control panel, suffering bodily contusions. | |||||
| 2018-08-22 | Big Spring | Texas | Lamun Lusk Sanchez Texas State Veterans Home-Touchstone Community | Foot (feet) | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
| At about 3:10 a.m. on August 22, 2018, an employee was changing filters in a residence's attic. As he walked from one end of the attic to the other, he fell through the floor, landing on the floor about 10 feet below. He fractured his right foot and suffered a laceration to the right hand, and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-08-12 | Big Spring | Texas | Summit ESP, LLC | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was working on a work-over rig floor at a well site, pulling equipment out of a rod basket, when a 2.5-foot-long x 1.5-inch-diameter metal rod (safety bar) fell from the rod basket and struck the employee's left shoulder. The employee suffered a broken collarbone and a puncture wound to the skin. | |||||
| 2018-06-17 | Big Spring | Texas | Danos, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was getting a well head to stop on the down side and the weights on top. He was trying to roll up loose cable running from the rod rotator to a Samson post. His hand was on the brake and he was watching the weights when he pulled back on the brake to stop the weights. His hand then struck the top of the cross bar of the weight guards and his finger was struck in the middle. His right thumb was pinched and injured, resulting in a thumb tip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-06-14 | Big Spring | Texas | Millennium Resources, LP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was working on a pump jack when his right hand was caught in the pump jack's belt, severing the first and second digits of his second and third fingers, as well as his thumb tip. | |||||
| 2018-01-04 | Big Spring | Texas | KHP Global, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Struck by other falling powered vehicle |
| An employee had jacked the cab of a semi-truck up to get underneath it and perform maintenance when it slipped off the jack and struck the employee. | |||||
| 2017-10-13 | Big Spring | Texas | Snyder Iron & Metal, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was using a pallet jack to move a box when a piece of metal fell out of the box and landed on his hand, amputating a finger. | |||||
| 2017-09-28 | Big Spring | Texas | Basic Energy Services | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less |
| An employee was attempting to unplug an air compressor from a wall when the electrical socket was pulled out of the wall. As he attempted to remove the plug, he received an electrical shock. | |||||
| 2017-09-09 | Big Spring | Texas | Bison Drilling & Field Services LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was nippling up a blowout preventer at a drill site when the employee's hand was caught between a blind ram and 4-inch gauge sealer valve, crushing the right pinky finger. The employee's pinky finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2017-06-16 | Big Spring | Texas | Atmos Energy Corp | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee suffered from heat stress. | |||||
| 2017-05-24 | Big Spring | Texas | Bass Energy Services, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was stabbing a valve on a stack while guiding a forklift operator who was lifting and holding the rigged valve. The strap slipped off the valve, allowing the valve to fall and strike the employee's lower left leg, breaking it. | |||||
| 2017-05-11 | Big Spring | Texas | Basic Energy Services, L.P. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| A well-servicing rig crew was tripping pipe out of a hole when the safety pin on the tongs (torqueing device) broke, allowing the tongs to strike an employee and knock him off the work platform. He fell 10 feet, fracturing his ribs and back and lacerated his liver. | |||||
| 2017-04-25 | Big Spring | Texas | Alon USA, LP | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| Employees were depressurizing a level bridle when the hose between the bridle and the flare system broke releasing hydrofluoric acid (HF). The two employees were exposed to the chemical vapor resulting in injury to their eyes, facial skin and lungs. Both employees were hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-04-20 | Big Spring | Texas | Whataburger Restaurants LLC | Brain | Fall on same level |
| An employee was delivering coffee to a customer when she fell and hit the ground, injuring her head. | |||||
| 2017-03-02 | Big Spring | Texas | J M J Plumbing LLC | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| Employees were in the process of connecting gas to a fire pit. The gas accumulated underneath the access door where the injured employee was monitoring it. A flash fire occurred and the injured employee sustained first degree burns to the face and second degree burns to the left elbow. He was admitted to the hospital. | |||||
| 2016-01-19 | Big Spring | Texas | Wingate Gin Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| While pulling on some belts to unchoke the lint cleaner, an employee got his ring finger caught in the belts resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2015-12-21 | Big Spring | Texas | Big Spring Cat Construction | Pelvis | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was in the process of tightening belts on an electric motor on a pump jack and was caught between the arm and the base of the motor experiencing a fractured pelvis, abrasions to left side of the abdomen, and abrasions to the buttocks. | |||||
| 2015-08-14 | Big Spring | Texas | Alon | Nonclassifiable | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee had connected a flux car for unloading. The previous car that unloaded into this line had oil with some residual water. When the flux (a tar-like substance) made contact with the water, it expanded and contacted the employee as he exited the railcar, causing first and second degree thermal burns. | |||||
| 2015-06-09 | Big Spring | Texas | Sharyland Utilities | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee fell off of a 6-foot ladder and hit his elbow. | |||||
| 2015-04-23 | Big Spring | Texas | ProPetro Services | Leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee fell while standing on a crescent wrench, cutting his leg on a valve. | |||||
| 2015-04-21 | Big Spring | Texas | Trinity Vineyards, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was knocked to the ground when the cab of a mulcher fell on him. | |||||