Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-09-04	Kermit	Tx	Willow Creek Companies, LLC	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
Employees were installing grounding tools as part of an addition to a compressor station. An employee was hammer-drilling a ground rod when the edge of a trench failed; the employee slipped, fell, and landed on the rod, which impaled his inner thigh.
2020-05-06	Kermit	Texas	Skye Blue Services, LLC	Head and trunk	Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
Three employees were cleaning a heater treater when a gas build-up caused an explosion in the building. Two of the employees received minor injuries; the third was hospitalized, having suffered a severe laceration across the forehead, burns to the face and neck, and a fractured spine.
2020-03-10	Kermit	Texas	Onyx Contractors	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
The injured employee was collecting produced water from a well site when he observed a person collapse. The injured employee attempted to render aid to the person, when he succumbed to hydrogen sulfide (H2S). The injured employee was hospitalized for H2S exposure.
2020-03-10	Kermit	Texas	Impetro Operating LLC	Nonclassifiable	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was exposed to hydrogen sulfide and was hospitalized for an inhalation injury.
2019-08-09	Kermit	Texas	Mobile Maintenance, LLC	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was underneath a transport trailer greasing a brake when the trailer pulled forward and rolled over his legs. He suffered a broken leg and broken pelvis.
2019-08-08	Kermit	Texas	Basic Energy Services	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating tongs when the tongs lacerated the employee's right thumb.
2019-05-18	Kermit	Texas	KEY ENERGY SERVICES	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee's gloved finger was caught while aligning a swivel causing a fingertip amputation.
2019-05-11	Kermit	Texas	Independence Contract Drilling, Rig #202	Brain	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was power washing the top shed of the shakers approximately 8 feet above the lower level. As he was transferring to the ladder to leave the shed top, he fell and struck his head on the tank's metal grating. The employee suffered a torn muscle in the neck and a concussion.
2019-05-10	Kermit	Texas	Circle 8 Crane Services, LLC	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was climbing out of the lower section of a crane cab when he grabbed a strap from the door for assistance and the strap broke, causing him to fall to the ground. He fractured his femur.
2018-08-11	Kermit	Texas	Key Energy Services, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Stings and venomous bites
An employee was bitten by a rattlesnake.
2018-08-02	Kermit	Texas	Bird Electric Inc	Pelvis	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was guiding a dozer back to tie it to a stuck vehicle. When the dozer stopped, the employee stepped between the vehicles to tie them together. The dozer then moved and caught the employee between the vehicles. The employee suffered a broken pelvis.
2018-08-01	Kermit	Texas	Select Well Servicing LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was hit by a falling sheave from a tester that was being placed in a well. The employee was struck in the chest below the collarbone, suffering a liver laceration and bruised lung.
2018-05-10	Kermit	Texas	Willow Creek Companies, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was working in a 4-foot-deep excavation applying epoxy to welds when the employee became ill with heat cramps. The employee was hospitalized for heat exposure.
2018-04-28	Kermit	Texas	Cactus Drilling Company	Multiple face locations	Contact with objects and equipment
A crew was installing a top drive track during a rig move when it became hung up on a girt. The top drive track was freed and whipped, striking an employee in the head. The employee suffered broken right cheek bones, a broken jaw bone, and a right shoulder injury.
2018-02-20	Kermit	Texas	Sendero Drilling Company, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was getting the loop out of a drilling line at a spool when the driller started the spool, catching the employee's right hand between the line and spool. The employee's right ring and index fingers were amputated.
2018-02-18	Kermit	Texas	ProPetro Services, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was walking over to check for leaks on a gauge. The employee noticed three lines/hoses had collapsed. The blender was on and when the valve opened 100 pounds of pressure hit the hoses causing them to jump up and strike the employee breaking the right tibia and fibula.
2018-01-16	Kermit	Texas	Halliburton Energy Service	Hand(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was troubleshooting a pump and opened a plug valve. When the valve opened, pressurized water came out and struck the employee's left hand, puncturing it.
2017-09-15	Kermit	Texas	Universal Cable Holdings, Inc.	Hand(s) and finger(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee began to fall in a customer's attic and grabbed a metal strap holding duct work. The metal strap cut his hand, damaging tendons in his index and middle fingers.
2017-08-18	Kermit	Texas	Power Line Services, Inc.	Shoulder(s) and arm(s)	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was clipping in a new conductor on an existing distribution line when a phase to ground fault occurred, causing an electrical flash that burned his left arm and shoulder.
2017-05-23	Kermit	Texas	HT Energy	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was changing a well pump and attaching the pump jack head when the pump jack amputated the last digit of the employee's right ring finger.
2016-02-29	Kermit	Texas	Key Energy Services, LLC	Hand(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was performing maintenance on a truck. The truck brakes were on fire and employees used a fire extinguisher to suppress the flames. The employee then began adjusting the brakes and sustained a hand injury.
2015-11-17	Kermit	Texas	Coastal Chemical Co. LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion and bodily reaction and exertion, n.e.c.
The wind caught a containment pan the employee was handling and the employee suffered a hernia when he tried to hold onto it.
2015-04-11	Kermit	Texas	Brazos Rock Energy	Multiple body parts	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
On or about 11 April 2015, at approximately 0830 hours, a Brazos Rock Energy employee received burns on his wrist and face when flammable gasses that accumulated during a pipeline hot tap ignited. The employee was helping a welder weld the pipe sections together when two pin-sized holes on a section of pipe 10 feet from the operation leaked flammable gasses into the pipe and surrounding area. The gasses accumulated to a level sufficient enough to cause a flash fire, which burned the employee.