Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-08-06 | Eldorado | Texas | Wrenched Up Roustabouts, LLC. | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was using an electric jackhammer to break up rock under a pipeline. Flammable gas reacted with the electric motor of the jackhammer, causing a flash fire. The employee was burned on the forearms and face. | |||||
2018-08-28 | Eldorado | Texas | Blattner Energy | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was installing an electrical box when the employee's foot was caught between a free spinning turbine and the counterweight and main bearing of a piece of machinery, causing the amputation of five toes. | |||||
2017-07-26 | Eldorado | Texas | Basic Energy Services | Foot (feet) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was using hydraulic tongs to run pipe in a hole when the slips failed, causing the tongs to come down on the employee's right foot, fracturing it. |