Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-04-23 | Keenesburg | Colorado | Hydro Resources - Rocky Mountain, Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Demolition or blasting explosion |
An employee was attaching a detonation cord to a power source when a static charge set off a length of the detonation cord with three charges attached. Two employees were struck by multiple explosive fragments in the arms and legs, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-09-24 | Keenesburg | Colorado | Ensign Well Service | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was rolling tubing from the pipe rack onto the pipe wrangler. The pipe rack was not flush with the wrangler due to the contour of the ground. The tubing came down while his hand was underneath the pipe rack and pinched his left ring finger resulting in a partial amputation. |