Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-01-30 | Falls City | Texas | Luera's Welding Service, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On January 30, 2019, two employees were attempting to remove a nut from the bolt of a blow-out preventer (BOP) stack with a torque-n-test. The BOP stack was lifting 1-2" with the pick up line connected to the block when the rigging shifted and came down on one of the employee's left index finger severing it at the second knuckle. | |||||
2015-11-12 | Falls City | Nebraska | Helena Chemical Company | Head and trunk | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was walking by an applicator when the coupling blew off, spraying anhydrous ammonia that burned the employee's chest and eyes. | |||||
2015-07-02 | Falls City | Texas | Cinch Energy Services, L.L.C. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
Several employees were getting their tools ready for the day after performing JSA at a jobsite outside of Kennedy, Texas. One employee went to uncradle the lubricator from the wire line rig, and the employees put the line through the sheave, which is connected to the wellhead. The operator watched the weight indicator and pulled 300 pounds of tension on the line, which released the wire line clamp. With the camp being removed manually, the injured employee noted that the wire was wrapped around |