Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-04-23	Stockton	Al	Overseas Hardwoods Company, Inc.	Hand(s), except finger(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
After an employee turned on a finger joint machine and a clamp cylinder, the employee's right hand was caught by the lumber clamp in the machine's operating area. He suffered broken bones in the palm of the hand.
2020-03-10	Fort Stockton	Texas	Barricades Unlimited, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, roadway
An employee was riding in the back of a trailer with signs and barricades. The barricades fell over. As the employee tried to stop them from falling, he fell from the moving trailer onto the highway. The employee sustained bruises and contusions.
2019-05-22	Fort Stockton	Texas	COG Operating LLC	Eye(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee opened a bleed down valve and was struck by the bleed down line in the head and shoulder causing a laceration over the right eye and injury to the right shoulder.
2019-01-31	Fort Stockton	Texas	Longfellow Ranch Partners, LP	Multiple body parts	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
Two employees were attempting to fix leaks in a gasoline tank. When they went to heat up the area of the leaks to braze them closed, the gasoline fumes ignited from a small bucket under the tank. The fire burned the injured employee's arms and back, requiring hospitalization.
2018-09-19	Stockton	Alabama	Overseas Hardwoods Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was trying to remove a stuck board from a finger jointer's out-feed roller line. When the board dislodged, it kicked up and injured the employee's left pinky and ring fingers.
2018-08-31	Stockton	New York	Storer Excavating & Trucking, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was under a parked vehicle performing repair work on brake lines when the vehicle rolled over his left arm and left side, momentarily pinning him between the vehicle tire and the ground. He suffered broken ribs as well as multiple cuts and contusions.
2018-08-04	Fort Stockton	Texas	Express Energy Services	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was working with tongues on the drilling floor when his hand entered a pinch point and the tongues caught his ring finger, resulting in an amputation at the first joint.
2018-06-16	Fort Stockton	Texas	TEC Well Service LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was grabbing a winch to make a pipe connection on the rig floor when his finger was crushed between the winch cable and the power swivel, partially amputating his pinky finger.
2018-04-25	Stockton	Missouri	CITIZENS MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking down the hall pushing a cart when the employee tripped over the cart and fell on the left knee. The employee suffered a left femur fracture that required hospitalization.
2017-07-19	Fort Stockton	Texas	Mastec Advance Technologies	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was installing satellite TV at a residence when he suffered heat exhaustion. He was hospitalized hospital for treatment.
2017-01-13	Fort Stockton	Texas	JW Powerline	Face	Direct exposure to electricity
Two employees were conducting a pre-job assessment. When the employees opened an electrical box an arc flash occurred burning both employees on the face.
2017-01-13	Fort Stockton	Texas	BP Wind Energy NA	Face	Direct exposure to electricity
A BP employee and two contractor employees were conducting a pre-job assessment at the electrical sub-station when an electrical arc flash occurred from an electrical box, injuring all three employees. The BP employee suffered facial burns.
2016-09-28	Stockton	California	SSA Marine Pacific Southwest	Head and trunk	Fall on water vehicle
On September 28, 2016, an employee was hooking up large pipes in the hull of a ship when he fell in an 18-inch void between the pipes on the deck. He suffered broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a concussion.
2016-08-04	Stockton	Illinois	DURA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was cleaning a piece of metal on a belt sander when the metal piece slipped out of the employee's control and came back to amputate his fingertip.