| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-30 | Williston | Nd | Trigger Energy, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was at a well site, adjusting studs in a tubing head with a blowout preventer and the tubing head in the air. The blowout preventer twisted and the employee's finger was crushed between the nut and the backup. The employee suffered an amputation to the finger. | |||||
| 2021-08-06 | Williston | Nd | Hiland Crude LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was draining down and isolating piping. While he was trying to remove debris from a 1-inch vent valve, liquid started to gurgle up into the valve. He closed the valve with his right hand to prevent a release, and it closed on his left index finger. He suffered a partial amputation to the finger. | |||||
| 2021-07-30 | Williston | Nd | Sabin Metals West Corporation | Leg(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating a forklift to take bins to the warehouse for storage when the forklift overturned on his legs, resulting in fractures to both legs. | |||||
| 2021-06-16 | Williston | Nd | Outlaw Well Service, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was working on a workover rig when a suspended rod and clamp struck their little finger and crushed it on an elevator sitting below, resulting in multiple finger fractures. | |||||
| 2021-01-31 | Williston | Nd | Badlands Hydrotesting Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was mounting a scanner box on the stump when their right middle finger was pinched between the sling hook and the D-ring, resulting in a fingertip amputation with the loss of the distal phalangeal tuft. | |||||
| 2021-01-20 | Williston | Nd | Tilley Pressure Test | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was cutting open a 55-gallon empty brake cleaner drum with a right angle grinder when sparks ignited residual flammable material in the drum, causing flash flames and second degree burns to the employee's chest and arms. | |||||
| 2020-09-14 | Williston | Nd | Knife River Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee's right ring finger was amputated between the first and second knuckle by the hydraulic ram of an asphalt paving machine. | |||||
| 2020-07-23 | Williston | North Dakota | Powerstroke Well Control, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee sustained heat stress and dehydration while working on the rig. | |||||
| 2020-07-14 | Williston | North Dakota | Borsheim Builder Supply, Inc. | Arm(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was working as a rigger for a crane that was putting a separator on a trailer. The rigging slipped as the load touched down and the chain struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a compound fracture of the left arm. | |||||
| 2020-06-24 | Williston | North Dakota | Northern Improvement Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee had been outside pushing dirt using a broom. He was hospitalized with dehydration. | |||||
| 2020-01-11 | Williston | North Dakota | Northwest Grading, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking from an excavator to a pickup truck when he slipped on ice and suffered broken leg. | |||||
| 2019-08-25 | Williston | North Dakota | Schlumberger Technology Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a bench grinder to clean up 2-inch sub assemblies when his right index fingertip was caught between the grinder and the workpiece, resulting in a fingertip amputation at the knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-07-23 | Williston | North Dakota | Allinwall LLC | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
| An employee was removing roofing materials and trusses from a camp structure. He was walking on the tin roof when he slid off the roof and fell approximately 22 feet to the ground, suffering a fracture. | |||||
| 2019-07-15 | Williston | North Dakota | Corcoran Oilfield Services, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was cleaning a tank of sand using a high-pressure water hose. The high-pressure water ran across his right foot and cut the big toe. | |||||
| 2019-07-09 | Williston | Florida | Sleepy Creek Lands, LLC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| On July 9, 2019, a maintenance technician was replacing the plastic wrap at the pin and arm of a baler machine when the arm moved toward him causing him to be caught between the arm and door of the baler. He sustained two rib fractures and a contusion to the kidney and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-03-14 | Williston | North Dakota | Selid Plumbing & Heating, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| While installing underground plumbing, an employee was holding a PVC pipe straight as a skid steer backfilled the pipe. The skid steer bucket struck his fingers, resulting in a left index finger amputation. | |||||
| 2019-03-07 | Williston | North Dakota | Dynamic Well Services, Inc. | Leg(s) | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. |
| An employee was trying to disconnect the chain from a birdbath that was still connected to the stinger of a loader. The loader began to back away from the birdbath, which was pulled onto the employee's legs. Both of his lower legs were broken. | |||||
| 2019-02-25 | Williston | North Dakota | Schlumberger Rod Lift | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped and fell on icy ground while unloading a down hole pump off of a trailer. The employee sustained a fractured hip. | |||||
| 2019-02-25 | Williston | North Dakota | Key Energy Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee suffered amputation of his right pinky finger while working on an oil rig. | |||||
| 2019-02-13 | Williston | North Dakota | Stellar Field Service, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Explosion |
| Two employees were using a propane torch to thaw a valve on a water tanker trailer. There was an explosion and both employees were burned. | |||||
| 2019-02-01 | Williston | North Dakota | CP Machine Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was rolling casing down a pipe rack. The employee's thumbs were in a pipe when it fell off the rack, resulting in the amputation of both thumbs. | |||||
| 2019-01-28 | Williston | North Dakota | Wolla Trucking, LLC | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was crawling under a truck/trailer to service the water pump PTO when his arm was caught in the rotating PTO driveline, severing his right forearm and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-01-23 | Williston | North Dakota | IHD Liquids Management LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| An employee was signaling a truck as it backed up. The truck rolled back, pinning the employee's hand between a camlock union and the DOT bar (bumper). The employee suffered a fracture and dislocation of the left thumb, which was surgically amputated and reattached. | |||||
| 2019-01-15 | Williston | North Dakota | Sherwood Enterprises, Inc. | Arm(s) | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely |
| An employee was using a loader to place a 4.5-inch casing onto a pipe rack. The employee noticed the casing was rolling off of the pipe rack and exited the loader to stop it. The casing rolled onto the employee's left arm, pinning and breaking it. | |||||
| 2018-09-21 | Williston | North Dakota | Johnson Bros. Corporation, A Southland Company | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was adding an extension to a rock drill when the rock drill rotated and fractured the employee's arm. | |||||
| 2018-08-31 | Williston | North Dakota | AROCK Services, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee of AROCK Services, LLC, was overexposed to hydrogen sulfide gas while changing a valve on a pumper unit. The employee experienced nausea and inflammation of the throat, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-07-15 | Williston | North Dakota | Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was removing the lower section of a valve. The pump plunger came forward and pinched the employee's finger, causing an amputation. | |||||
| 2018-07-06 | Williston | North Dakota | Apex Well Servicing (USA) Inc. | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was helping to direct a traveling block off the ground. As the block was being raised, his left foot was caught between it and a well head, and was lacerated and broken. | |||||
| 2018-06-29 | Williston | North Dakota | NOV Process & Flow Technologies US, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was inspecting pipe. The employee walked through a rack opening and was struck by a 4.5 inch pipe in the abdomen while the pipe was being passed through the rack. The employee suffered lacerations to the liver and bowels. | |||||
| 2018-06-15 | Williston | North Dakota | Capstar Drilling | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was operating a pipe handler when a drilling pipe was released and struck his right hand, resulting in a pinky finger amputation and fractures to the ring and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2018-05-25 | Williston | North Dakota | Oil States Energy Services | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was hospitalized due to heat stroke after working in the equipment yard breaking down equipment. | |||||
| 2018-03-19 | Williston | Florida | WILLISTON DOOR, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was pushing a piece of wood into a joiner when the employee's hand slipped into the machine action, resulting in an amputation of the right thumb and right pinky finger. | |||||
| 2018-02-11 | Williston | North Dakota | Sun Well Service, Inc. | Brain | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was lifting pipe out of the wrangler. The pipe slipped out of the elevator and struck the employee in the face and shoulder. The employee was knocked unconscious. | |||||
| 2018-01-05 | Williston | North Dakota | Wisco Inc. | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was warming up a hydraulic cylinder with a propane heater when hydraulic fluid shot through a pinhole leak in the feed line toward the propane heater and ignited. The employee suffered burns to the face and hands. | |||||
| 2017-10-14 | Williston | North Dakota | Legend Energy Services | Lower leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| An employee was greasing valves when he lost his footing and fell backward on a fluid pumping trailer. While he was falling, his right leg was caught in a 6-inch gap between the bumper and trailer, breaking his right fibula and tibia. | |||||
| 2017-06-12 | Williston | North Dakota | Black Hills Trucking | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
| An employee was welding on a mud pump when an explosion occurred. A pipe cap blew off and hit his stomach, injuring his spleen. | |||||
| 2017-05-01 | Williston | Florida | Williston Care Center | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee turned around, tripped over a wheelchair, and fell to the ground. She suffered a fractured hip and cuts to the face and knee, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-04-08 | Williston | North Dakota | 640Energy, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was working inside the shop when a propane leak caused an explosion. The employee suffered third degree burns. | |||||
| 2017-03-28 | Williston | North Dakota | Adler Hot Oil Service, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Injured by object breaking in hand |
| An employee was changing a light bulb when the globe around the bulb broke. The broken glass then amputated his fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-03-23 | Williston | North Dakota | Badger Daylighting Corp. | Leg(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was using a high-pressure water line when the water punctured the skin on his leg. His wound became infected and required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-02-07 | Williston | North Dakota | Schlumberger Well Services Division | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was gauging a chemical transport tank when a hatch fell on and amputated his finger. | |||||
| 2016-10-19 | Williston | North Dakota | Nabors Drilling Technology | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less |
| An employee was hospitalized after sustaining an electrical shock while unscrewing a light bulb on a training rig. | |||||
| 2016-09-19 | Williston | North Dakota | Pioneer Wireline, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee was removing clevises from under a blowout preventer (BOP). The employee retrieved the first clevis, but the second clevis was trapped underneath one of the BOPs. He lifted the BOP up and stuck the first clevis underneath to support the BOP's weight (this allowed him to retrieve the second clevis). When he attempted to lift the BOP back up to remove the first clevis, the BOP slipped and fell. His right index fingertip was caught/pinched between the two BOPs, resulting in a finger amp | |||||
| 2016-09-07 | Williston | North Dakota | Ferus GP LLC-LP | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c. |
| While disconnecting a pressurized flexible hose an employee was struck in the abdomen/chest area by the hose. The employee suffered internal bruising and fluid build up. | |||||
| 2016-07-20 | Williston | North Dakota | Sabin Metals West Corporation | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee suffered heat related injuries and was hospitalized on July 20, 2016. | |||||
| 2016-05-18 | Williston | North Dakota | C & G Construction | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was disconnecting a trailer and a jack when the trailer moved, pinching and amputating his left-hand index and middle fingers between the trailer and jack. | |||||
| 2016-04-14 | Williston | North Dakota | Harper Companies, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was removing panels from the building while working on top of a connex trailer. The employee fell from the trailer and suffered fractured vertebrae. | |||||
| 2016-04-14 | Williston | North Dakota | Decca Consulting, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| An employee was repairing a flow pipe when he tripped and fell backward with the flow pipe on his body. He fractured his left ankle. | |||||
| 2015-10-27 | Williston | North Dakota | Magna Energy Services | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to break loose a pipe connection with a pipe wrench when his thumb was caught between the pipe and the wrench when the pipe string was lifted. He suffered a soft tissue amputation to the tip of the thumb. | |||||
| 2015-10-27 | Williston | North Dakota | Casedhole Solutions, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Employees were moving a lubricator onto a flatbed truck. An employee's finger was caught between the collar on the lubricator and the bed of the truck resulting in a right middle fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2015-10-14 | Williston | North Dakota | Calfrac Well Services Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| The employee was pulling a safety pin out of an outrigger on the telebelt and had his finger pinched in the outrigger. The employee sustained a flesh amputation to the fingertip of the right hand middle finger. | |||||
| 2015-09-23 | Williston | North Dakota | Casey Industrial, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was approximately 16 feet aboveground sitting on a steel horizontal beam. He was installing bolts to replace the studs that he connected to the holders. As another beam was being drifted in by the crane, the beam that he was sitting on became dislodged and fell to the ground along with the employee. | |||||
| 2015-09-01 | Williston | North Dakota | Drakin Oilfield Construction, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee was climbing into a bulldozer when wind caused the door to shut on and amputate his thumb. | |||||
| 2015-08-28 | Williston | North Dakota | Swanson & Youngdale, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was sandblasting structural steel. He was using supply air from an air compressor when he felt lightheaded. He was hospitalized for carbon monoxide exposure. | |||||
| 2015-08-12 | Williston | North Dakota | Triangle Electric | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was moving a piece of switch gear in the electrical building when it tipped and pinched his finger between the switch gear and the floor. | |||||
| 2015-07-30 | Williston | North Dakota | Triangle Electric | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee received arc flash burns while cleaning off insulators on a transformer. | |||||
| 2015-07-18 | Williston | North Dakota | Secure Energy USA, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to other harmful substances |
| An employee was hospitalized for hydrogen sulfide exposure while pulling tank bottoms at an oil and gas waste disposal site. | |||||
| 2015-07-07 | Williston | North Dakota | Ensign Drilling | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee slipped and fell while climbing an A-Frame ladder, landing on his right side. He was hospitalized for fractured ribs. | |||||
| 2015-06-16 | Williston | Florida | A & N Corporation | Nonclassifiable | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode |
| An employee was squatting and bending down to reach scrap metal chips from underneath the CNC machine and pinched nerve. He was treated at the hospital. | |||||
| 2015-05-30 | Williston | North Dakota | BH Flow Testing | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee suffered a fractured leg after getting pinned between a semi truck and a tank at or near 58th Street NW in Williston, North Dakota. | |||||
| 2015-05-18 | Williston | North Dakota | United Rentals | Nonclassifiable | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee suffered an amputation injury while aligning a telescope cylinder with a boom lift. | |||||
| 2015-05-14 | Williston | Florida | Solera, LLC | Multiple face locations | Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden |
| On May 14, 2015, an employee was riding a horse at the farm when the horse got scared and threw the rider. While falling, the employee got hit in the face by the horse's foot, injuring his face. He fractured his eye socket and facial bones and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-05-05 | Williston | North Dakota | Secure Energy | Nonclassifiable | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee received flash fire burns while working on a non-functioning vaporizer at the 13-mile, full-service terminal vicinity in Williston, North Dakota. | |||||
| 2015-04-19 | Williston | North Dakota | BOH, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Jack-knifed or overturned, roadway |
| An employee was hospitalized when his truck rolled over while hauling produce water to a disposal site due to soft road conditions on 60th Street NW, Williston, ND. | |||||
| 2015-03-28 | Williston | North Dakota | Xtreme Drilling & Coil Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Employees were connecting a drill pipe. The injured employee suffered a partial amputation to his pinky finger when it got caught between the pipe and tong. | |||||
| 2015-02-25 | Williston | North Dakota | Pioneer Well Service | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| Two employees were hospitalized due to injuries sustained during maintenance operations on a workover rig in the maintenance shop. One employee suffered a crushing injury when a derrick floor fell on his chest, breaking ribs and causing a collapsed lung. A second employee suffered a broken elbow due to a fall sustained while attempting to hold the falling rig floor. | |||||
| 2015-01-22 | Williston | North Dakota | 1st Rate Energy Services, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee suffered a severe struck-by injury from a bull plug and gauge while repairing the bull plug. | |||||
| 2015-01-21 | Williston | North Dakota | Rock Water Energy | Multiple mouth locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| At 9:00AM an employee was working on an oil field energy services tanker removing a camlock cap. Pressure was on the cap when it was removed. It blew off and struck the employee in the face injuring his jaw and damaging his teeth. The employee was transferred to different hospitals before receiving treatment. The employee was hospitalized one night in Bismarck. | |||||
| 2015-01-11 | Williston | North Dakota | Ray's Services LLC | Thigh(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
| Employee slipped on ice and broke femur while working on well site in the vicinity of the Anderson 1-4-H location near Williston, North Dakota. | |||||
| 2015-01-08 | Williston | North Dakota | Ensign Energy Services | Multiple body parts | Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system |
| Employee was on the side of the derrick untying tubular when his fast line became caught up in his SRL. The employee was pulled away from the ladder. The SRL stopped and so did the anchor. Therefore, no fall resulted. The employee received contusions to the head, ribs, and chest area. He also suffered bruising to the brain and lungs and received six stitches to the forehead. He did not lose consciousness. | |||||