Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-05-27 | Tilden | Tx | Rhino Operating Company LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was turning on the injection pump at a work site when a pressurized release of water struck the employee causing a laceration to their abdomen and chest and an injury to the left arm. | |||||
2020-06-04 | Tilden | Texas | Dean Word Company | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was backing up a tractor when it rolled onto its side. The employee fell to the ground and suffered a back injury. | |||||
2020-04-02 | Tilden | Texas | Downhole Inspection Inc | Foot (feet) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was pressure washing a piece of drilling equipment when he slightly slipped, lost his balance, and ran the tip of the pressure washer wand across his foot, causing an injection wound. He was hospitalized with a foot laceration from the high-pressure water. | |||||
2019-02-27 | Tilden | Texas | HUNTER INDUSTRIES, LTD. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
A bolt broke on a tow hitch. The injured employee placed his finger in the hole to clear the broken bolt when another employee lifted the hitch to move it up and amputated the injured employee's right index fingertip. | |||||
2019-02-20 | Tilden | Texas | Precision Drilling, LP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was preparing to nipple down a blowout preventer. The fingers on his left hand were caught between a metal door and the latch; the middle and ring fingers were amputated at the first joint. | |||||
2019-01-18 | Tilden | Texas | C&J Energy Services, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was attaching a sucker rod "birdie" to remove rods. The employee's left hand was pinched between the sucker rod and a tong winch line. The employee suffered a broken finger and a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2018-07-17 | Tilden | Texas | Ranger Energy Services, LLC | Hand(s) and elbow(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was struck on the right elbow by a rod wrench while he was backing off a rod coupling. He suffered an open laceration and non-displaced fracture to the right elbow, as well as a fracture to the left index finger. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2018-05-17 | Tilden | Texas | Iron Horse Tools, LLC | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was moving an 800 lbs. control panel onto a rig floor via forklift operations when the control panel became caught on a handrail, shifting the control panel from the strap. The control panel fell, striking the employee and then falling on top of the employee's left leg. The employee sustained a fractured left leg. | |||||
2018-04-26 | Tilden | Texas | Sundance Energy Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was cleaning out a piston on a chemical pump and amputated the right index finger to the fingernail in a pinch point between the piston and the cylinder. | |||||
2018-01-02 | Tilden | Texas | Murphy Oil Corporation | Nonclassifiable | Explosion |
An employee was trying to reduce the high liquid level on the site-glass when a compress exploded, causing second degree burns to 5 percent of the employee's body. | |||||
2017-05-27 | Tilden | Texas | Bottom Line Services LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was welding outside when he experienced leg and arm cramps. He was hospitalized due to heat stress and dehydration. | |||||
2017-02-24 | Tilden | Texas | JV Steel Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was unloading a three-foot I beam onto a work table. The I beam slipped out of the employee's hands and the employee's right middle finger was caught between two I beams. | |||||
2017-01-30 | Tilden | Texas | Basic Energy Services | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was walking on the beam portion of the pumping unit attempting to guide the "horse's head" into position when the "horses-head" moved unexpectedly and struck the employee's right foot resulting in a fracture and laceration to the foot. | |||||
2016-09-27 | Tilden | Texas | Schlumberger | Shoulder(s) and back | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was helping to unload a 200-pound flare stack from a gooseneck trailer when the stack shifted and fell, striking the employee in the right shoulder and lower back area. | |||||
2016-08-02 | Tilden | Texas | Schlumberger Technology Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was helping a coworker change out a plug catcher. After re-inserting the screen, the employees attempted to attach the connection. As the connection cap was pushed forward to prepare it for threading, the loose bolts on the cap allowed for significant play and crushed the employee's left thumb between the cap and flange bolts. The employee's left thumb was partially amputated below the fingernail. | |||||
2016-06-16 | Tilden | Texas | Surveying and Mapping, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Struck by animal |
An employee was conducting land surveying on a private exotic wild game farm when an elk attacked the employee, causing serious injuries. |