Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-09-07 | Shiner | Tx | NexTier Completion Solutions Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was trying to slide a work platform back into its housing. His middle finger was caught between the midrail and the side safety gate of the platform. The pad of the finger was severely lacerated, and was medically amputated. | |||||
2021-08-24 | Shiner | Tx | Kaspar Wire Works, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a ring roller machine. Her left hand was pulled into the machine, which lacerated her fingers and broke her thumb. | |||||
2021-01-06 | Shiner | Tx | Trailboss Equipment | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was lowering a 400-pound sheet of plate steel onto a table using a hoist system. The safety hook failed and the sheet of metal fell 8 feet, striking the employee in the left leg and breaking the tibia. | |||||
2018-06-25 | Shiner | Texas | Spoetzl Brewery, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a label machine. He was jogging the machine and cleaning glue off the glue roller when the sponge he was using got caught between the roller and the pallet, pulling in his fingers. Part of his right middle finger was detached and the tip of the ring finger was crushed. | |||||
2018-02-09 | Shiner | Texas | D&B Flowback and Well Testing | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was emptying a filter pod at the flare stack when a small flame came out of the top of the flare stack, landed in the condensate, and burned him. He suffered second degree burns to the hands, stomach, and calves, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-04-30 | Shiner | Texas | Victoria Well Services a Division of Sparkman Industries, Inc. | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was unscrewing the oil and gas pipe and was pushed over the edge of the work floor by the high pressure release. The employee fell 10 feet to the ground and broke his left arm. | |||||
2017-03-21 | Shiner | Texas | Kaspar Ranch Hand Equipment LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was guiding a part into the ring roller machine. As the part was forming, the employee's glove became caught in the rollers and pulled her left hand into the rollers amputating her little, ring and middle fingertips. | |||||
2015-07-08 | Shiner | Texas | Dawson Geo Physical | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee got caught between a trailer and truck while directing the truck driver to back up. The employee's leg was crushed, and the employee was hospitalized. |