Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-06-08 | Sterling City | Texas | Blattner Energy | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was sitting in a buggy entering measurement data for drilling, when he started feeling ill. He was hospitalized with heat stroke. | |||||
2020-04-05 | Sterling City | Texas | Cogent Midstream | Multiple body parts | Fire |
An employee was troubleshooting the dehydration unit at the compressor station when he sustained burns to the hand and face from a fire. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-02-22 | Sterling City | Texas | HJC Farms, Inc, | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was operating a bucket truck picking up road signs along the side of the road at the end of the day. The employee was on the back of the truck strapping down the signs. When he stood up, he struck his head on the bottom of the bucket, lost his balance, and fell approximately four feet off the side of the truck to the ground breaking the lower left leg. | |||||
2017-10-17 | Sterling City | Texas | Tessco Energy Services, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was standing and supervising the take-down of a pole and lines when the pole cracked, broke in half, and fell toward the employee. The employee avoided being struck by the pole but fell to the ground, suffering broken ribs, a broken pelvis, and a collapsed lung. | |||||
2017-10-09 | Sterling City | Texas | Blattner Energy, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee tripped while removing a peg line and rolled the left ankle, breaking it. | |||||
2017-05-25 | Sterling City | Texas | Robinson Drilling of Texas LTD | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee became dehydrated while working on a rig and doghouse, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-03-21 | Sterling City | Texas | Permian Services Co. LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was nippling up a blowout preventer when the cable holding a flange broke and the flange fell onto the employee's left hand, amputating the left index finger distal phalanges. | |||||
2015-06-18 | Sterling City | Texas | Chevron | Leg(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
One employee from Chevron and two employees from Exterran were putting compressors back on line when a rupture on the discharge line occurred. The Chevron employee was taken to the hospital to removed debris from his left leg and released. One Exterran employee was not injured and the other employee received a scratch above eye requiring first aid only. | |||||
2015-06-09 | Sterling City | Texas | Permian Services Company | Multiple face locations | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was loading a well with hot oil. The employee had turned valves off and started to fill the well. The pressure in the tank filled due to the hot oil. The pressure release valve released flammable vapors and/or gases. The flammable vapors and/or gases ignited, burning the employee's face (cheeks and ears). The employee was wearing flame resistant clothing, a hard hat, and safety glasses at the time. |