Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-08	Midland	Tx	Sunset Well Service, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was performing maintenance on rig tongs. The rig tongs became energized and pinched the employee's gloved hand, and their left ring finger was amputated at the first knuckle.
2021-10-19	Midland	Tx	SPM Oil & Gas	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was supervising the loading of trucks onto a trailer. He fell from the trailer, suffering a closed fracture to the left wrist and a fracture to the left upper femur.
2021-10-06	Midland	Tx	Walmart	Brain	Fall, slip, trip
An employee had been changing a vehicle's oil. The employee fell to the floor and suffered a head injury.
2021-10-04	Midland	Tx	Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC	Brain	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was cleaning a mud pump. A retaining cap dislodged from the pump and struck the side of his head, causing a laceration and a head injury.
2021-10-01	Midland	Ga	Pratt & Whitney Engine Services, Inc.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was climbing down a 4-foot ladder, missed a step and fell to the ground. The employee suffered a left hip injury and was hospitalized.
2021-07-22	Midland	Tx	Agri-Empresa LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
A temporary employee was cutting IBC bags of barite into a metal hopper to unload product. The employee's left hand was on the edge of the hopper as a forklift approached with a bag. The employee's pinky finger was caught between the hopper and the bag resulting in a partial amputation.
2021-07-20	Midland	Tx	Downing Wellhead Equipment, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
Employees were screwing a running tool into a wellhead assembly. The injured employee's finger was in the wellhead assembly checking alignment when the assembly was manually rotated and the running tool amputated the employee's left index fingertip.
2021-07-09	Midland	Tx	Sand Revolution II	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
On July 9, 2021, employees were operating a mobile conveyor belt to load sand into a silo. The conveyor was experiencing belt issues and was being replaced with a new conveyor. The injured employee was operating the conveyor to fold it up so that it could be transported when the conveyor struck an overhead electrical line. The resulting arc flash burned the employee's left hand fingers.
2021-06-09	Midland	Tx	Lucky Services, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Employees were moving an oil rig's horse head out of the way so they could install a blowout preventer. As the operator picked up the winch lines, the two floor hands began moving the horse head to the side. The horse head flipped over, and an employee's finger was caught in the winch line and the horse head's bridle cable. The finger was lacerated and the fingertip was amputated above the nailbed.
2021-06-08	Midland	Ga	SVT: Supply Chain Solutions	Multiple foot (feet) locations	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was walking over to a forklift in order to talk with the forklift operator when the forklift backed out into the aisleway, striking the employee's right ankle. The employee sustained fractures to the right foot and toes as well as dislocations and was hospitalized.
2021-05-25	Midland	Tx	HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee fell about 20 feet from an aerial lift while pulling cables.
2021-05-11	Midland	Tx	Permian Basin Aire Serv, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was removing some equipment on a job site. While climbing a ladder, the employee fell 10 to 12 feet and landed on the left side of their back. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-04-29	Midland	Tx	Sand Revolution II	Forearm(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was covering an area of frac sand with a tarp to prevent rain damage. A gust of wind pulled the tarp while he adjusting it, and he slipped and fell off a ladder to the ground. He landed on his left hand and elbow, suffering a broken ulna.
2021-04-07	Midland	Tx	Advanced Stimulation Technologies, Inc	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using an impact torque wrench on a fluid end cap when the wrench spun and crushed the tip of his right middle finger.
2021-02-26	Midland	Tx	Noltex Truss	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee had been moving a scrap bin. The employee was struck by a forklift, which ran over the employee's lower leg and broke it.
2021-02-19	Midland	Tx	Akita Drilling USA Corp.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was working on a drilling rig floor. A piece of ice that had frozen to the drilling mast melted and fell off, landing on the employee's back and breaking three vertebrae.
2021-02-10	Midland	Tx	Circle 8 Crane Services, LLC	Multiple arm locations	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
The sheaves of the crane were frozen due to ice and snow conditions, which caused a backlash with the auxiliary cable of the crane. The operator attempted to straighten out the backlash on the superstructure near the drum. The frozen sheave freed itself, allowing the cable to run, and the operator's right arm got tangled in the cable. The operator sustained an open fracture of the humerus and a dislocation of the radius.
2021-02-05	Midland	Tx	The Bosworth Company	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was on a roof accessing a component of an HVAC system when they fell off the roof approximately 10 feet onto a brick walkway, resulting in a fractured pelvis.
2021-02-01	Midland	Tx	Halliburton Energy Services	Hand(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
While performing pump maintenance at a well, an employee dropped a fluid end side cap on his left hand resulting in a laceration and broken bones.
2021-01-25	Midland	Tx	Dependable Well Service	Hand(s)	Vehicle or machinery fire
An employee was running hot oil down tubing when his truck caught on fire. The employee sustained third degree burns to both hands.
2020-10-14	Midland	Tx	Jones Brothers Dirt and Paving	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was struck by a reversing skid steer. The employee sustained a fractured left foot that required hospitalization and surgery.
2020-10-12	Midland	Ga	MDV SPARTANNASH, LLC	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a powered pallet jack as part of PIT training when the pallet jack struck a warehouse storage rack. His foot was caught between the pallet jack and the rack. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to two toes.
2020-10-05	Midland	Tx	Thru Tubing Solutions-Downhole Tools & Service	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
Employees were disconnecting a motor tool with a pipe wrench. The pipe fell approximately 6 inches, pinning an employee's finger between the motor tool and the hand rails. The right pinky fingertip was amputated.
2020-08-27	Midland	Tx	The Bosworth Company	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Two employees were throwing away a toilet in a dumpster. One employee's left middle finger was lodged between the toilet and the dumpster rim, resulting in an amputation of the fingertip.
2020-06-21	Midland City	Alabama	Michelin Tire Corp.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
The injured employee was showing a maintenance employee where a problem was on a piece of machinery when their right hand was crushed between the machine's frame and the transfer carriage.
2020-05-07	Midland	Georgia	MDV SPARTANNASH, LLC	Ankle(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
On May 07, 2020, at 8:30 a.m., an employee was operating a powered pallet jack when a co-worker operating another powered pallet jack struck his pallet jack, causing him to lose control of his pallet jack. He crashed into a rack, pinning his ankle between his pallet jack and the rack.
2020-05-01	Midland	Texas	DS Services of America, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was adjusting a forklift's fork extender chain. The chain lacerated three fingers on the employee's right hand. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
2020-04-25	Midland	Georgia	MDV SPARTANNASH, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
On April 25, 2020, at approximately 2:00 a.m., an employee was being trained to use an electric pallet jack (PIT). While going in reverse, he lost control of the electric pallet jack and let go of the arm. As he let go of the arm, he stepped off the jack and his left leg was pinned against a rack. He suffered a lower left leg fracture.
2020-04-07	Midland	Texas	Propetro Services Inc.	Foot (feet)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was using a pressure washer to wash grease off of equipment. The employee was moving the power washer wand from side to side, when the wand went across his right foot. The pressurized spray cut through his boot and caused abrasions and lacerations to his right foot. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-03-22	Midland	Texas	Cotton Patch Cafe	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a roof while looking for a circuit breaker. The employee landed on the ground and suffered a traumatic brain injury.
2020-03-14	Midland	Texas	Sam's Club	Upper and lower limb(s)	Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
An associate was stabbed while trying to save customers from a person with a knife. He was stabbed in the leg and suffered hand injuries that required surgery.
2020-02-27	Midland	Texas	JTA Service, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was checking a pumping unit to see if the belt was loose. The pumping unit activated and the belt amputated this right pinky fingertip.
2020-02-21	Midland	Texas	Universal Pressure Pumping	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
An employee was bending down to pick up a hose to connect to a pump to pressurize it when he felt pain. He was hospitalized and required surgery for a hernia.
2020-02-21	Midland City	Alabama	G & M Electrical Contractors, LLC	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was working on the top section of a 4,160-volt switch gear. The employee's hat fell into the bottom section of the switch gear, and an arc flash burned the employee's face and left hand as he was retrieving it.
2020-02-21	Midland	Texas	Lauren Engineers and Constructors	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee's left index fingertip was caught in a folding cement chute, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2020-02-03	Midland	Texas	Titan Petro Services	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level
While exiting the doghouse of a nitrogen unit, an employee fell from a ladder to the ground, suffering a back injury.
2019-09-17	Midland	Texas	Basic Energy Services	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was helping re-spool the winch line on a tubing tester truck when the line caught his right hand. Four fingers were amputated.
2019-08-27	Midland	Texas	Forza Pipeline Services	Leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was struck in the leg by a pipe and sustained a fracture.
2019-08-15	Midland	Pennsylvania	A&T Stainless Midland	Thigh(s)	Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
An employee was beginning to descend a three-step stairway when he lost balance and suffered a partially torn quadriceps tendon.
2019-08-07	Midland	Texas	Tri-Point Oil and Gas LLC	Scalp	Other fall to lower level
An employee had climbed onto a plasma cutter table to retrieve cut-outs. While the employee was stepping off of the plasma table, part of the grate bent, causing him to fall and hit his head on the plasma track. He suffered a large laceration on top of his head.
2019-08-06	Midland	Texas	Loftin Equipment Company	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was opening a vessel's pump valve when hot pressurized water inside the vessel splashed out and sprayed the employee. The employee received second degree burns to the legs, chest, and arms.
2019-08-05	Midland	Texas	Cowtown Materials	Hand(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee helping to unload a telehandler had his hand caught between the telehandler's carriage and the wall board.
2019-08-04	Midland	Texas	Drilling Tools International, Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was washing a drill stabilizer (100 pounds per foot, about 8 feet to 10 feet long) when it fell, striking the employee on the right foot between the big toe and the second toe. The big toe was medically amputated.
2019-08-01	Midland	Pennsylvania	Simon Roofing and Sheet Metal Corporation	Brain	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Two employees were replacing roofing panels from the platform of a lift. The lift made a sudden upward movement, causing one employee to hit a steel beam above. The employee suffered head injuries and was hospitalized.
2019-06-28	Midland	Texas	Endeavor Energy Resources - Roustabout Division	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was standing on a ladder trying to remove an anode when the anode struck him and he fell 4 feet off the ladder onto a dirt berm. He landed on his right waist area and was hospitalized with kidney and liver lacerations.
2019-06-16	Midland	Texas	Buchannon Oilfield Services, LLC	Thigh(s)	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was teaching another employee how to operate a backhoe. He was standing on the top step by the cab when the other employee hit a rough area. He then fell off the backhoe to the ground, breaking his left upper femur just below the pelvis area.
2019-06-05	Midland	Texas	Endeavor Energy Resources, LP	Nonclassifiable	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was sandblasting from a scaffold. The scaffold fell and the employee struck the ground, suffering broken vertebrae.
2019-05-29	Midland	Texas	Pro Petro Services, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment
Employees were replacing a gasket on a well head that was tied to a crane. When they removed the bolts from the flange, the well head tipped over and fell onto the injured employee. Both of the employee's shoulder blades (scapula) were fractured as well as multiple vertebrae.
2019-05-07	Midland	Texas	Sand Box Logistics	Face	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee removed the radiator cap and was sprayed in the face by hot liquid. The employee suffered burns to the face.
2019-05-03	Midland	Texas	Big E Drilling Co	Eye(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
The injured employee was standing next to the drilling piping, holding material over the pipe joint to channel residual mud downward, ready to swing the disconnected piping out of the way. Oil-based drilling mud came out under pressure and three employees got mud in their eyes when their hard hats and safety glasses were blown off. One employee was hospitalized for an eye injury. The eye was burning, swollen and the employee was unable to see.
2019-04-02	Midland	Texas	Butch's Rathole & Anchor Service, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was pressure-testing a valve outside when it broke and struck his left leg, fracturing his pelvis and lower leg.
2019-03-19	Midland	Texas	CJ E Energy Services	Fingertip(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee suffered a fingertip amputation while cleaning a machine.
2019-03-07	Midland	Texas	HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
Employees were attempting to dislodge a flow line from a hand rail. The rail came loose and fell on the employee's thumb, crushing it.
2019-03-05	Midland	Texas	Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P.	Multiple body parts	Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
Two employees were in a trailer. A lit cigarette ignited gas that had leaked from a propane tank in the trailer, causing an explosion. Both employees suffered second-and third- degree burns to the hands, arms, and face.
2019-02-20	Midland	Texas	Miller Tubular Service, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Employees were performing a drill pipe inspection using an x-ray/ultrasonic test. A forklift was picking up pipes; its boom pressed down on two joints of pipe, and when the pipes were raised they jumped off the pipe rack, striking and breaking an employee's left tibia and fibula.
2019-02-20	Midland	Texas	Aries Well Service, Inc.	Pelvis	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Employees were cleaning out tubing to set a packer, using a tool that screwed onto a joint 25-30 feet in the air. The tool came unscrewed and fell, breaking an employee's pelvis on the left side.
2019-02-19	Midland	Texas	Trinidad Drilling TDLP	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was handling a mud pump liner when it shifted. His left little finger was caught between the liner and the mud pump and the tip was amputated.
2019-02-17	Midland	Texas	3S Services, LLC	Multiple face locations	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was removing a clamp to replace a blind. As he removed the bolts on the clamp, the blind came free, striking him in the chin. He suffered a broken jaw, a broken nose, and facial lacerations.
2019-02-11	Midland	Texas	Warren Power&Machinery LP	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was rolling a bull gear when it rolled over a bolt causing the gear to fall and strike the employee's leg and fracture it.
2019-02-10	Midland City	Alabama	Michelin North America, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was struck by a forklift causing left foot fractures.
2019-01-15	Midland	Texas	OP Permian Basin I, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Other structural fire without collapse
An employee was in a guard shack helping a second employee unload tickets and codes when suddenly the shack caught on fire. The employees exited the shack to help a truck driver and to put the fire out. At that time, the first employee received burns.
2019-01-15	Midland	Texas	CDK Perforating, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was redressing a compact setting tool and had it in a vise. He put the mandrel in the sleeve and attempted to screw the mandrel onto the tool. When he let go of the mandrel with his right hand, it fell. As he attempted to catch the mandrel and sleeve, he stumbled and the mandrel struck/pinched his finger on the floor, resulting in a left middle fingertip amputation.
2019-01-10	Midland	Texas	Endeavor Energy	Multiple body parts	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was unhooking the rig floor from the derrick when the rig floor struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with leg and rib fractures.
2019-01-03	Midland	Texas	Hobby Lobby Stores Inc.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
While descending a ladder, an employee missed the bottom rung and contacted the floor, suffering a hip fracture.
2018-09-25	Midland	Texas	LOS Oilfield Services, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was working with a crew, pigging a pipe. Built-up pressure shot out a small piece of steel pipe, which struck and lacerated the employee's left leg, resulting in an amputation below the knee. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-09-24	Midland	Texas	VT Interest, LLC	Foot (feet)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was assisting with maintenance on the oscillator that was on a rack. The oscillator rolled and fell off the rack onto the employee's left foot fracturing it.
2018-09-19	Midland	Texas	NOV Tuboscope Wellbore Technologies	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was changing out a belt on a blasting machine when his left ring fingertip was caught between the belt and pulley, causing an amputation.
2018-08-28	Midland	Texas	Midland Memorial Hospital	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level
An employee fell to the ground while breaking down boxes, suffering a broken left femur. He was hospitalized.
2018-08-27	Midland	Texas	Lubri Tech	Multiple trunk locations	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was collecting sweeps when he opened a gut line that was pressurized and the elbow failed, dislodging and hitting his back. He suffered the loss of his spleen and a collapsed lung.
2018-08-27	Midland	Texas	Helmerich & Payne	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was collecting samples and his left hand entered a peach when the winch moved, resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.
2018-08-24	Midland	Texas	Wilbanks Trucking Services, LLC	Lumbar region	Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
An employee was operating a tandem gin pole truck to assist with a load when the front of the truck began raising up and slammed down to the ground. He then exited the truck and laid on the ground in pain. He was hospitalized with an L2 vertebra fracture.
2018-08-12	Midland	Texas	Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc.	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was descending a fixed ladder on the side of a blender when he attempted to step down to the next step and his hand slipped. He then fell 1 to 2 feet to the ground and tried to stop himself with his right hand, resulting in a fractured right arm.
2018-08-08	Midland	Texas	R&T Ellis Excavating	Upper and lower limb(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee acting as a spotter was walking alongside a forklift when the forklift operator turned to the right and the left rear tire pivoted outward, contacting the employee. The employee suffered a fractured foot and elbow.
2018-08-03	Midland	Texas	KEY ENERGY SERVICES	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was spotting a well servicing rig to a well when his right ring finger was caught between a wire cable and well-head bolt, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2018-08-02	Midland	Texas	Mudsmith, LTD	Pelvis	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was disconnecting a pressurized hose from a truck when the hose popped off, causing the employee to fall backward on his left side. He broke his pelvic bone and was hospitalized.
2018-08-01	Midland	Texas	Quality Integrated Services, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
An employee was walking away from a pipeline when it exploded. He suffered second-degree burns.
2018-07-29	Midland	Texas	Keane Group, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was walking backwards, helping carry a section of perforating gun string to the gun stands on the ground. He tripped over a stand, falling backwards to the ground. The gun string came down on his right hand, breaking and lacerating his right ring and little fingers. He was hospitalized.
2018-07-12	Midland	Texas	Schlumberger Technology Corp.	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was changing a leaking valve on a POD with a wrench. While he was loosening the bolt, the wrench slipped off the bolt and his right middle finger was pinched between the wrench and the edge of the equipment, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2018-07-10	Midland	Texas	Magnum MRO Systems, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was changing a die in a hose crimping machine. The machine cycled while his right hand was in contact with it. The fingers on his right hand suffered severe damage: his index finger was pinned and stitched with permanent loss of the fingernail, his middle and ring fingers were amputated to the second joint, and his little finger was amputated to the first joint.
2018-07-07	Midland	Texas	McCoy's Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
Two employees were lifting a hog panel when one of the employees tripped and fell with the panel, amputating his right middle fingertip.
2018-06-23	Midland	Texas	Greene's Holding Corporation	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee experienced muscle cramps while rigging up isolation tools. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration.
2018-06-11	Midland	Texas	Fluid Delivery Solutions, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was pinching a 10" nitro hose line and the line burst. The hose struck the employee flipping him and breaking his right tibia.
2018-06-09	Midland	Texas	Archrock Energy Solutions	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee got their left index finger caught between a compressor frame and a skid resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
2018-06-04	Midland	Texas	R.G.Welding	Brain	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was beginning to remove a cap off of equipment when it flew off and struck the employee in the head.
2018-05-19	Midland	Texas	Endeavor Energy Resources -Wireline Division	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Nonclassifiable
An employee went to sit down on a bench in a wire line support trailer when he felt pain in his left middle finger. He removed his gloves to investigate and noticed a puncture mark below the first knuckle on his left middle finger. The puncture later became infected, requiring hospitalization.
2018-05-18	Midland	Georgia	Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Midland	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped over a bin that was placed in the hallway, breaking her hip.
2018-05-15	Midland	Texas	United Supermarkets, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting meat with a saw when he received a laceration to his right middle fingertip, resulting in an amputation.
2018-04-12	Midland	Texas	Victory Well Servicing, LLC	Elbow(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was checking a power swivel's back-up securing line to see if it was tight enough. As he reached out to slap the line, residual stored energy released, causing the securing line to back spin. The line was attached to a turnbuckle with a safety pin in place. The safety pin spun backwards, catching and lacerating the employee's right inner elbow area and causing potential muscle damage.
2018-04-03	Midland	Texas	Sooner Pipe, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
An employee was kicking pipe that was being loaded on a pipe rack when a joint of pipe began rolling toward him and another worker. He attempted to stop it, but the pipe rolled over his foot, resulting in an open fracture of the tibia and fibula.
2018-03-30	Midland	Texas	Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A crew was in the process of putting a sub-spreader beam in place so that they could raise the rig floor. An employee's hand was resting on the spreader beam when the derrick hand pulled the beam from its stowed position. The employee's small finger was then caught between the spreader beam and the sub leg, amputating his fingertip.
2018-03-28	Midland	Texas	Forum Energy Technologies	Eye(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was using a hammer on a stuck valve when the hammer broke. A metal shard from the hammer pierced the employee's eye.
2018-03-22	Midland	Texas	JG Concrete, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c.
An employee was operating a power buggy to help pour a concrete slab and footer. He had to get off the power buggy platform to fold a piece on the equipment. While he was walking beside the machine, the steering tires hit an obstruction, causing the machine to push him between a large glass window panel and the power buggy. He broke his right lower tibia and fibula.
2018-03-13	Midland	Texas	Double K Drilling, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was making a connection with a drill pipe and had a hand around the pipe when it moved into an iron roughneck. The employee's right pinky finger was caught between the iron roughneck and pipe, amputating the fingertip.
2018-03-11	Midland	Texas	Drilling Tools International	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
An employee was rolling a non-mag drill collar on a paint rack when the collar started rolling toward him. He tried to stop the collar with a rag and the collar rolled over his right hand, resulting in a right thumb amputation.
2018-02-16	Midland	Texas	Baker Hughes, A GE Company, LLC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was moving a rug when she fell forward and sustained a hairline fracture of the right hip.
2018-02-13	Midland	Pennsylvania	WHEMCO-Steel Castings, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was assisting the overhead crane operator to place an empty ladle in a ladle pre-heat station when the employee's right hand was caught in a pinch point resulting in a crushing injury to the hand.
2018-02-05	Midland	Georgia	SpartanNash Company	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee lost control of a pallet jack, tried to avoid hitting a door, and stepped on the brakes. His leg was then caught between his pallet jack and a second pallet jack, breaking his ankle and fibula.
2018-01-31	Midland	Texas	Integrity Services, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was tripping pipe (drilling the pipe down) and screening a drill collar into a stump. He and another employee pushed the tongs into the spinning pipe. The tongs then bit back, crushing him between the tongs and the derrick leg. He received fractures to his upper torso and punctured both lungs.
2018-01-10	Midland	Texas	First Shot Production Services, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was working polish rods on a pump jack and placing clamps on rods when the employee's hand slipped and was caught between the clamps. The employee's right index fingertip was amputated.
2017-10-13	Midland	Texas	Top Water Midstream, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Employees were offloading pipes from an 18-wheeler and laying them on the ground. The operator dropped the load too soon, and the pipes struck an employee's left leg, breaking the tibia in two places.