Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-02-28 | Mont Belvieu | Texas | S&B Engineers and Constructors, LTD | Ankle(s) | Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode |
An employee was assisting others carry a 3/4" pipe. When he stepped on the edge of a 4" concrete pad, the employee's ankle rolled and fractured. | |||||
2020-02-11 | Mont Belvieu | Texas | S&B Engineers and Constructors, LTD | Nonclassifiable | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
Employees were moving a large electrical cabinet when it tipped over, striking an employee. The injured employee sustained a fracture and ligament damage requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2019-07-27 | Mont Belvieu | Texas | Alfred Talke Logistics, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was doing maintenance on a piece of machinery with a rotating belt drive. The belt caught the employee's hand, amputating the fingertips. | |||||
2019-05-03 | Mont Belvieu | Texas | POLY-AMERICA, L.P. | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was repairing the speed sensor alignment on a plastic grinder's out-feed blower. A pipe wrench on the blower shaft spun around and caught his hand between the wrench and the blower housing resulting in lacerations to his hand and a crushing injury to his middle finger. | |||||
2018-02-06 | Mont Belvieu | Texas | CAM Field Solutions, LLC | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee was helping an operator close a barbed wire gap. The gap was stretched across some digging mats (placed that morning) on a temporary crossing that was used to contain cattle. While attempting to close the gap, he walked backwards on the construction mats and stepped in a hole between them. He then fell backwards, landing on his right hip. The mats were uneven and were elevated right where he landed. He was hospitalized with a broken right hip/femur, requiring surgery. | |||||
2017-07-12 | Mont Belvieu | Texas | S & B Engineers and Constructors, Ltd. | Arm(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was installing an 18-inch pipe in a pipe rack when the pipe moved and struck him, fracturing his left arm. | |||||
2017-05-08 | Mont Belvieu | Texas | 3C2K Land Services | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
On May 08, 2017, an employee was operating a tractor while a coworker was operating a utility vehicle. At approximately 5:26 PM, the utility vehicle became stuck in a ditch. The employee came to hook up the tractor to the vehicle and pull it out when the tractor began to roll into the ditch. The employee was pinned between the utility vehicle and the tractor, suffering internal abdominal injuries that required surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2016-09-04 | Mont Belvieu | Texas | Targa Resources | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
Two employees were troubleshooting a pump and attempting to start it when an arc flash occurred. One of the employees was hospitalized for a second-degree flash burn to the left hand. | |||||
2016-08-24 | Mont Belvieu | Texas | Bilfinger Westcon | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
Employee was cutting a base plate with a band saw. As the employee was cleaning off the metal shavings, the band saw caught his glove and amputated the left index finger above the knuckle. | |||||
2016-05-11 | Mont Belvieu | Texas | Performance Contractors, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was grinding on a structural handrail for a work platform with a grating floor. The employee lost control of the grinder, which lacerated and fractured his left index finger. His left index fingertip was surgically amputated. | |||||
2016-03-02 | Mont Belvieu | Texas | Safway Services, LLC | Pelvis | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee fell through an opening on a permanent structure, a compressor, suffering a pelvic fracture. | |||||
2015-11-16 | Mont Belvieu | Texas | Targa Resources | Thigh(s) | Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode |
An employee was walking toward his truck. When he stepped down to the ground from the sidewalk with his right leg, he felt a pop. He fell to his knees and could not stand up, experiencing tingling and loss of feeling in both legs. He suffered a serious muscle strain to both quadriceps. | |||||
2015-06-22 | Mont Belvieu | Texas | Brand Energy Solutions | Hand(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was on top of a scaffold performing dry blasting operations. The employee was kneeling to reach the lower area and lost balance. The employee blasted the left hand and was hospitalized as a result of the injury. | |||||
2015-04-06 | Mont Belvieu | Texas | Mobley Industrial Services, Inc. | Head | Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person |
Employees were dismantling a scaffold by passing the scaffolding materials in a chain. One employee dropped a 5-foot scaffold pole at a height of approximately 35 to 40 feet. The pole fell straight down, striking an employee on the ground on the brim of his hardhat. The employee fell backwards, hitting his head and suffering head contusions. | |||||
2015-02-06 | Mont Belvieu | Texas | Jacobs Engineering | Ankle(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
Employee dislocated his right ankle while stepping off of a rail car. Employee was sent to the hospital where they admitted him because his ankle kept popping out of place after they set it. They had to perform surgery on the ankle. |