| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-06 | Whitsett | Texas | C.C. Forbes, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was part of a five-person crew that was removing a polishing rod when the clamp that holds the stuffing box failed, causing the stuffing box to catch the employee's hands against the clamp and stuffing box. The employee's right thumb was crushed, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2017-04-25 | Whitsett | Texas | Titan Test Pumps | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was loading a 3 inch iron flow pipe (18 inches long) onto a trailer when his left ring finger became caught between the pipe and the trailer, resulting in amputation of his left ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-08-18 | Whitsett | Texas | FMC Technologies | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was being lifted by an aerial lift to repair a wellhead. The employee's left thumb got crushed and fractured between the aerial lift and the wellhead. | |||||
| 2015-07-05 | Whitsett | Texas | Texas CES, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| Employees were rigging down the workover rig at about 11:30 a.m., on July 5, when an employee's right thumb and first finger were caught between the derrick tip section and stop plate. The employee's thumb had to be surgically amputated. | |||||
| 2015-02-05 | Whitsett | Texas | Trio Equipment Rentals & Services, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee at a remote Marathon Oil jobsite was pressure testing pipe when he was struck-by 9500psi of water when bolts broke on the flange connecting two pipes causing the high pressure water to strike the employee and one other sub-contractor's employee who were standing approximately 15 feet away. | |||||