DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-05-22RankinTxRoyal ConstructionMultiple back regionsExplosion, n.e.c.
A crew had put their tools down after pressure-washing the outsides of two oil tanks. As they walked away, one of the tanks exploded. One of the employees suffered second- and third-degree burns on the back, from the waist up.
2020-07-06RankinTexas IES - Innovative Engineering Systems, IncFingertip(s)Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
On the evening of July 6, 2020, an employee was helping install a power line when his finger was caught in a chain that was being used to lift equipment. He suffered a fingertip amputation.
2019-09-01RankinTexasProPetro Services, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was helping another employee lower a platform on the side of a pump. A pivotal latch caused the amputation of the first joint of his left little finger.
2019-08-17RankinTexasAries Well Service Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee of Aries Wells Service was visually and physically inspecting a tubing line. He glove got stuck on the line and his right index finger was pulled into the drum, which pinched it, removing skin. He was hospitalized and the finger was medically amputated.
2019-08-16RankinTexasRES America Construction, Inc.Head and trunkFall through surface or existing opening more than 30 feet
After erecting and connecting a base to a mid tower section, employees were preparing to lower tools. An employee fell through a hatch (open so that tools could be lowered) to the concrete 60 feet below and suffered fractured ribs, a fracture to the T-12 vertebrae, a knee injury, and laceration to the back of the head.
2019-01-23RankinTexasUSA CompressionHand(s)Vehicle or machinery fire
An employee was troubleshooting a compressor when a fire occurred, burning his hands. He was hospitalized.
2018-07-06RankinTexasLong Wolf Well Servicing LLCFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
A Lone Star Wolf Service employee was testing tubing going into a well when he began helping an operator who was lowering testing bars and pressuring them up for testing. After a couple of repetition runs of inserting the testing gun into the testing bar eye and hydrotesting the tube, the operator lowered the bars a bit more to have a complete seal. At the time, the injured employee's hand was on the testing gun handles, and his right index finger was pinched between the wiper cup and the testi
2017-10-17RankinTexasQuality Pipeline Construction, LLCBODY SYSTEMSStings and venomous bites
An employee was bitten on the backside by a black widow spider while using a portable toilet.
2017-04-11RankinTexasT&L RoustaboutUpper and lower limb(s)Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a ladder and fractured an arm and a leg.
2017-03-23RankinTexasPumpco Energy ServicesFinger(s), fingernail(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee had changed the packing on a frac pump and was preparing to install the plunger when the plunger slipped and smashed his finger against the corner of the fluid end, amputating a portion of his left pinky.
2016-07-11RankinTexasBasic Energy Services, Inc.BODY SYSTEMSNonclassifiable
An employee was laying down rods that were being removed from an oil well when he began to feel fatigued and lightheaded before collapsing to his knees.
2016-05-04RankinTexasBig Lake ServicesForearm(s)Struck by object or equipment
An employee was standing next to the tubing waiting for the hydrotester to go down the hole and plug in the water hose when the hydrotester broke sticking the employee on the right forearm.
2016-01-19RankinTexasEagle Completions USAFingertip(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was hanging a horsehead on a pump jack. As the employee swung the horsehead into place and reached up to grab the weight, the weight was released. The employee's finger got caught between metal, and the fingertip was surgically amputated.
2015-11-22RankinTexasCallon Petroleun Operating CompanyLower leg(s)Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
On 11/22/2015 at 11:50 a.m. an employee was isolating the gas line to identify the point of a suspected ice plug. He walked over to the meter when the hammer union on a two inch gas line disconnected and the pipe struck his leg injuring the tibia and fibula.
2015-08-05RankinTexasHelmerich & Payne, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was pinning tubing together to skid the rig. The employee's hands were placed between the two pieces, and the left pinky and ring fingers got pinched. Both fingers were surgically amputated.
2015-07-27RankinTexasBig Lake ServicesFinger(s), fingernail(s)Nonclassifiable
An employee's third and fourth digits were amputated.
2015-03-31RankinTexasMatrix Service Co.Foot (feet)Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was adjusting the rigging holding up a 3'9" tall manway door when the door came loose and fell on the employee's foot.
2015-02-23RankinTexasCoastal Plains TruckingNonclassifiableJack-knifed or overturned, roadway
On or about 23 February 2015, an employee of Coastal Plains Trucking was injured and hospitalized when the vehicle he was driving hit icy roads and overturned.