| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-02-21 | Elmendorf | Tx | Mechanical Dynamics and Analysis | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| Two employees were manually tapping holes after destructive removal of studs. They were using a pneumatic ratchet, placed on the socket over the tap, with a stop bar in one of the existing studs. When the injured employee activated the pneumatic wrench, it pulled the employee toward a neighboring stud. The employee's left ring finger was pinched between the tool body and the stud, causing an amputation at the fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-03-10 | Elmendorf | Texas | Halliburton Energy Services | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A mechanic was working on a pump truck's belt drive radiator fan system. His left little finger was caught between the timing belt and a pulley, and the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-01-20 | Elmendorf | Texas | Thornton Steel San Antonio llc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was using a horizontal bandsaw to cut materials. As the saw was rising to the top position after completing a cut, the employee attempted to remove the drop scrap piece. The blade was still moving at the time and caught the drop scrap, which then struck and amputated the employee's left index and middle fingertips. | |||||
| 2019-09-04 | Elmendorf | Texas | USPS | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| An employee's hand was caught in a door jamb. The employee's left ring fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2019-04-02 | Elmendorf | Texas | Weatherford | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| At 3:00 p.m. on April 2, 2019, an employee was setting a frac pump in place. While a Pitman arm was being pulled into place, it struck him in the left leg, causing a dislocated ankle and fractures to the tibia and fibula. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-03-15 | Elmendorf | Texas | Alamo Broadband Inc. | Knee(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| An employee was surveying a building to determine the routing of fiber for a communications installation when he stepped into a ditch that was unmarked and fractured his left knee. | |||||
| 2018-03-06 | Elmendorf | Texas | Texian Investments LLC | Hand(s) | Struck by other falling powered vehicle |
| An employee had finished working on a truck and went to let the jack down. The jack was all the way down but the tires were still off the ground. He jacked the truck back up and put a wood block under one side's tires and the old axle seats under the other side's tire. He then let the jack down again, but the truck still was not all the way down. He jacked the truck back up and slid one of the frame stands back under the rear frame section. He then put his left hand under the stand to push the t | |||||
| 2017-09-12 | Elmendorf | Texas | Weatherford International | Thigh(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was testing a 10,000 lb. frac valve. The quarter-inch needle valve came off and pressurized water shot through his left thigh. | |||||
| 2017-08-31 | Elmendorf | Texas | Plastic Product Formers | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| A temporary employee was using a knife to remove a can label when the knife slipped and punctured his abdomen. | |||||
| 2016-05-04 | Elmendorf | Texas | Haliburton Energy Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was washing up equipment located on a flatbed trailer in the wash bay. As the employee was moving around the equipment, the employee started to lose his footing and reached out and put his hand on the equipment. The equipment shifted pinching the employee's left ring finger between the two pieces of equipment. The finger was later amputated below the nail. | |||||
| 2015-09-01 | Elmendorf | Texas | Universal Pressure Pumping | Fingertip(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was doing iron fabrication work. While working on a circular saw, the blade "kicked" back the piece of flat strap iron, injuring the employee's left-hand middle finger. The injury resulted in an amputation (bone loss) along the fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-07-17 | Elmendorf | Texas | Wetherford International | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was working on a valve that was suspended in the air with a threaded eye bolt. The eye bolt became unthreaded and the valve fell on the employee's right ring finger. The employee was hospitalized overnight. | |||||
| 2015-05-26 | Elmendorf | Texas | Higuchi International Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was changing out a coil using an indoor crane and rigging chain. His hand was caught between the coil and rigging chain amputating his right index finger. | |||||
| 2015-03-16 | Elmendorf | Texas | Hydro Resources | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee amputated his left pinky (small) finger while moving a drill pipe and putting it on a rack. As he lowered the drill pipe, he slipped and his pinky got caught beneath the pipe. | |||||