Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-20	Floresville	Tx	Scout Surface Solutions	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was rigging down oilfield equipment. The tip of the employee's left thumb was amputated between a hydraulic torque wrench and a flange.
2021-10-09	Orla	Tx	MBS RIG WELDING SERVICE LLC	Multiple body parts	Explosion
An employee was welding a tank battery in the field when the welding torch ignited flammable gasses, causing an explosion that resulted in second and third degree burns to both hands and their face.
2021-08-27	Laurel	Ms	Sports Contractors Unlimited LLC	Leg(s)	Nonclassifiable
An employee had been lining up the field for a tractor. The tractor rolled over the employee's leg resulting in a fracture and sprain.
2021-08-18	Plant City	Fl	AG LABOR LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee had been digging with a shovel in a farm field and laying plastic in the heat. The employee felt hot, fatigued, and experienced dry mouth and shaky legs. The employee was hospitalized for heat stroke.
2021-08-04	Zachary	La	Longhorn Mulching, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Sudden start or stop, nonroadway
An employee was operating a dozer in an open field. The dozer's blade got caught at a drainage ditch and the dozer stopped suddenly. The employee was thrown from the seat to the floor of the cab and suffered a spinal injury. He was hospitalized.
2021-07-16	Parrish	Fl	West Coast Tomato LLC/Mc Clure Family Farms	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was working in a farm field behind a piece equipment that puts plastic in the ground. The employee began to experience heat-related symptoms at the end of their shift.
2021-06-25	Needville	Tx	STRATOSPHERE QUALITY LLC	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee completed his work shift and returned by passenger van from the solar field to a nearby parking area. The employee was struck by a vehicle, knocked down, and sustained broken bones in the lower right leg. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-06-21	Bartelso	Il	AT & T	Brain	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was attacked by wasps while working from the first step of a ladder. The employee stumbled backwards and struck their head against a field tank. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-05-19	Charlotte	Nc	U. S. Dept. of Justice	BODY SYSTEMS	Multiple types of overexertions and bodily reactions
An employee was participating in field training which consisted of various physical activities including running, lifting, and carrying objects. Just prior to the lunch break the employee felt dizzy, was checked out on-site by medics, and was given the OK to proceed. Later in the day, the employee began to feel chest pains and was hospitalized due to dehydration and a muscular injury.
2021-04-15	Westwood	Ma	Eversource	Coccygeal region	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was working as a field service representative for a grocery store. The employee slipped on a wet floor in the grocery store and fell, fracturing her tailbone.
2021-01-25	Clinton	Ny	DAIRY ONE COOPERATIVE, INC.	Brain	Other fall to lower level
While conducting a field assignment, an employee was carrying equipment down a flight of stairs on his way to collect milk samples. The employee slipped and fell down the stairs striking the floor face first and sustained seven fractured facial bones and brain hemorrhaging.
2021-01-11	Bartow	Fl	H2A Complete II, Inc.	Hip(s) and leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
A bus backed into an employee who was working in a field as a harvester. The employee suffered ankle and hip fractures, as well as torn back ligaments.
2020-10-15	Romeoville	Il	Equipment Depot	Leg(s)	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
On October 15, 2020, at approximately 7:30 a.m., a field service technician had just loaded a drive unit into a van using a forklift. The employee exited the forklift to straighten the unit in the van. The forklift rolled forward and pinned the employee between the bumper of the van and the carriage of the forklift. The employee was hospitalized for broken bones in the right leg.
2020-09-28	Myakka City	Fl	CLASSIE GROWERS, L.L.C.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
A temporary employee was in the fields picking cucumbers when he became disoriented and lightheaded and developed cramps. He was hospitalized, suffering from dehydration/heat exhaustion.
2020-09-24	Brownsville	Tx	Department of Homeland Security	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
On September 24, 2020, at about 7:20 AM, an ATV unit agent was assisting in the apprehension of three suspects. While working the group via the ATV, one suspect ran out of a cornfield in front of the ATV. The agent applied the brakes to avoid striking the suspect, flipping the ATV in the process. The ATV then rolled over the agent. The agent was hospitalized for a fractured scapula.
2020-09-21	Walton	Ny	McDowell & Walker, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was dumping lime in a field when a hydraulic line broke in his tractor trailer causing the truck to tip over. The employee was hospitalized with three cracked vertebrae and a bruised lung.
2020-08-13	Houston	Tx	Cross Country Infrastructure Services, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was testing the drive belt on an oilfield pump. The pump was started, and the belt partially amputated the employee's right thumb.
2020-08-12	Cumming	Ga	Townsend Tree Service	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was working in the fields chopping bushes and developed muscle cramps. The employee was hospitalized for a muscle injury and heat exhaustion.
2020-06-23	Jerome	Idaho	JR Simplot / Simplot Grower Solutions	Brain	Nonclassifiable
An employee had been operating a utility vehicle. He was found unresponsive in a field and was hospitalized with a head contusion and possible brain bleed.
2020-06-22	Belle Glade	Florida	Big Lake Planting, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was leaning against a mule train going over a rough patch in a corn field. He was trying to adjust the wing to stabilize it when the wing moved and came down, crushing his finger. As a result, his left index fingertip was amputated.
2020-05-16	Delhi	Louisiana	Black Gold Farms, A Cooperative Association	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was tasked with removing sweet potato plants from a trailer to be planted in the field. While the employee was climbing on the side of the parked trailer, the top side bracing bar of the trailer came off and the employee fell approximately 1 foot to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured back.
2020-03-13	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Baker Hughes	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was positioning an oilfield drill bit when it fell from the connection fixture it was connected onto. The bit fell onto the employee's left ring fingertip and crushed it against the work surface. The fingertip was medically amputated.
2019-09-17	Holden	Louisiana	Ferrara Fire Apparatus, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was working in the field, servicing customer fire trucks at their location. The employee began to feel dizzy and disoriented. He left the work site and drove himself home. He was hospitalized later that evening for heat stress.
2019-09-10	Aurora	Illinois	Dreisilker Electric Motors, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee of Dreisilker was working as a field service technician, performing infrared testing for a customer. The employee was walking away while a third-party contractor employee was closing the door of a fuse box. An arc flash came from the fuse box and burned both employees, and they were both hospitalized. The Dreisilker employee sustained burns to the right hand, and on the left side of the neck, forearm and face.
2019-09-08	La Salle	Texas	Key Energy Services, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was working as a floor hand in support of an oilfield operation. He became ill from heat stress and was hospitalized.
2019-09-05	Pahokee	Florida	Valley Produce Harvesting & Hauling Co.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was hospitalized after he fainted in a sugar cane field due to heat stress.
2019-09-03	Richfield	Wisconsin	Brabazon Pumpe Company LTD	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
As a field technician was using his hands to check for air leaks, a machine caused amputations to three fingertips on the employee's left hand.
2019-08-26	Quincy	California	US Forest Service	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
Two employees were exploring an area within the forest and conducting a field botanical survey. The area included steep, rocky ground and talus slopes. One employee slipped/fell on the rocks of a slope and tumbled 45 feet toward a creek bed. The employee sustained head lacerations, fractures to the C-4 and C-5 vertebrae, and body bruising.
2019-08-16	Lenorah	Texas	Cactus Wellhead, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
After work (installing wellheads and valves in the field), an employee suffered severe heat exhaustion and cramping and was hospitalized.
2019-08-16	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	EASTERN ELEVATOR SERVICE & SALES COMPANY	Multiple body parts	Other jump to lower level
On August 16, 2019, a maintenance field technician was on top of an elevator at the third floor level. The elevator began to move up and he had to jump through the doors to the third floor. He suffered a broken shoulder and broken ribs.
2019-08-15	Orlando	Florida	J & R Precision Drilling, Inc	BODY SYSTEMS	Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was running a drilling unit in a field. The drill hit an underground power line. He lost consciousness and was hospitalized.
2019-08-15	Greenfield	Oklahoma	CSI Compressco LP	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
After working the day shift cleaning and repairing a compressor at an oilfield site, an employee began to exhibit signs of illness. The employee was hospitalized with a possible heat-related illness.
2019-08-13	Ferris	Texas	united group services	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
While working in the field, installing pipes, an employee began cramping and suffered a heat-related injury.
2019-07-26	Shelbina	Missouri	MFA AGRI SERVICES	Lower leg(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was using a sprayer to spray a soybean field when a pin in the equipment broke. She was examining the sprayer's hydraulic hoses and loosened one when the spray boom dropped and struck her lower right leg, breaking it.
2019-07-16	Thomasboro	Illinois	Monsanto Company	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee had been weeding in the field and experienced chest tightness resulting in hospitalization.
2019-07-11	Bellaire	Texas	Jones & Carter, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was working as a surveyor in the field. He felt ill and left work. Later, he suffered muscle cramping and was hospitalized for dehydration.
2019-07-03	Norman Park	Georgia	Hamilton Growers, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee had been picking squash in the fields all day. He sustained heat stroke and was hospitalized.
2019-07-02	Enigma	Georgia	Southern Grace Farms, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was manually cutting blackberry canes in the field. The employee sustained heat stroke and was hospitalized.
2019-06-18	Myakka City	Florida	RAINBROOK FARMS, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was picking tomato stakes from a tomato field when the employee experienced dizziness, cramps, weakness, and stomach pain. The employee was hospitalized due to dehydration.
2019-06-13	Mission	South Dakota	Danielski Harvesting & Farming, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a tractor when it became stuck in the field. While he was unhooking the chain from the front axle, the steering wheel was inadvertently turned, pinning the employee between the front tire and the tractor frame. He broke 8 ribs and punctured a lung.
2019-05-30	Edinburg	Texas	Dept of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An agent was operating an ATV during field operations when it rolled over. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration.
2019-05-23	Richmond	Texas	Gulf Coast Lease Service, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was working with another employee on top of an oil storage tank at a field site, dismantling piping and attachments to the tank. They had removed a piece of 4-inch vent piping and were attempting to throw the pipe to the ground. While they were throwing the pipe from the tank top, the pipe caught the harness of the injured employee, causing him to fall 15 feet to the ground. He broke his right wrist and pelvis. The employee's fall protection harness was not tied off at the time of th
2019-05-22	Thonotosassa	Florida	Double J. Harvesting, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was loading watermelons into the field truck and stated that he was feeling tired and started passing out due to heat stroke.
2019-05-22	Plant City	Florida	Success Valley Farms LLC	Upper and lower limb(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was walking in the field and was struck on the shoulder by a flat bed truck that was backing up. The employee fell to the ground and the truck's rear passenger tire ran over their left leg.
2019-05-21	Winters	Texas	Primoris T & D	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was working in the field where a tornado had destroyed 4 to 5 substructures. The employee was marking lines with tape when a wire was freed and sprung up, striking and injuring the employee's back.
2019-05-15	Deer Creek	Illinois	Sun Ag, Inc.	Forearm(s)	Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
The injured employee transported chemicals to a field location. A second employee was operating an applicator and drove up to receive the chemicals. The injured employee hooked up the hoses to the applicator. The applicator dropped the spraying arms down and they contacted a power line. The injured employee was shocked and hospitalized for burns to a hand and foot and amputation of the lower left arm.
2019-04-26	Springfield	Missouri	Springfield Cardinals LLC	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was running on the field to retrieve a baseball bat and ball when he fell to the ground and broke his left femur.
2019-04-23	Sundown	Texas	Danos, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was tightening the packing bolts on a beam pumping unit in the oil field by using an air impact wrench when the head of the unit, while in a down stroke, came in contact with the impact wrench forcing it downward and mashing the tool against the left index finger. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the left index fingertip.
2019-02-18	Syracuse	New York	Onondaga Case Mangement Inc	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
A field employee was walking to her car when she slipped on ice and fell to the ground, breaking her ankle in four places.
2019-02-11	Oswego	New York	Harbor Freight Tools	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Exposure to harmful substances or environments, n.e.c.
An employee was hospitalized when his pacemaker was exposed to magnetic fields causing an irregular heartbeat.
2019-01-12	Schenectady	New York	Wildwood Programs, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee experienced carbon monoxide poisoning while chaperoning a field trip to see monster trucks.
2018-09-04	Western Springs	Illinois	Challenger Sports Corporation	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was striping lines in a soccer field. He placed a metal stake in the ground, using string as chalk. The string did not reach as far as needed and when the employee tugged on the string, the stake came out of the ground like a slingshot, striking his left bicep. The stake traveled through his arm and punctured his lung.
2018-08-31	Cotulla	Texas	Walton Henry Recruiting, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was working in the field, installing and overseeing the installation of a midstream flexible piping system, when he started to feel weak. He was hospitalized due to heat stress and dehydration.
2018-08-07	Twin Falls	Idaho	Monsanto Company	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was hospitalized for heat stress illness after working in a wheat field.
2018-07-09	Humble	Texas	Reactive Downhole Tools	Forearm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a manual wrapping machine to wrap pipe for an oil field when he tried to manually adjust the machine and his hand was pulled into it, breaking his right forearm.
2018-05-31	Serena	Illinois	Grainco FS, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
After spraying a field with pesticides, an employee was preparing to drive the sprayer back to the facility. The employee had to fold the booms to leave the field, and an outrigger breakaway weld had broken on one boom, requiring manual effort to fold it. The employee was using a ratchet strap to help fold the boom when the employee's hand/fingers were caught in a pinch point, resulting in the amputation of two fingers.
2018-05-19	Brinson	Georgia	MCNEILL LABOR MANAGEMENT INC.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee lost consciousness while working in the corn field due to a possible heat related injury.
2018-04-30	Myakka City	Florida	Utopia Farms	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was working on field equipment when a bearing fell on his right toe, crushing it.
2018-04-30	Rochester	New Hampshir	Consolidated Communications, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was setting a utility pole when it contacted the field phase of an existing three-phase primary conductor. The employee received an electrical shock and burn.
2018-04-06	Jacksonville	Florida	TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION	Brain	Other fall to lower level
On April 6, 2018, an employee was descending a stair to an airfield when she fell to the ground, hitting her head on the concrete floor and suffering a skull fracture, concussion, and cranial hemorrhage.
2018-03-23	Lawrenceville	Illinois	HALVERSON CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.	Multiple face locations	Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c.
Two employees were sitting on a beam facing each other and protected from falling. They were working to drive barrel pins for a field splice. Employee 1 was using an 8 lb. sledgehammer to drive a pin, but missed the pin and hit a spud wrench that was sitting on the splice. The wrench was propelled upward and struck employee 2 in the face, causing nasal and facial fractures that required hospitalization.
2018-01-08	Watford City	North Dakota	Hiland Partners Holdings LLC	Multiple body parts	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was blowing off pressure on a field natural gas compressor when a pipe about 3 feet long pulled out of the threads and hit the employee, causing blunt force trauma to the face, arm, and shoulder.
2017-10-07	Nekoosa	Wisconsin	Wysocki Produce Farms	Brain	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was pulling a truck out of a muddy field with a tractor when a chain slipped off the truck and struck the employee's head, causing a concussion and left ear laceration.
2017-09-21	Rockledge	Florida	US Lawns of Brevard	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was mowing a field when the mower blade lacerated the employee's foot and lower leg.
2017-09-12	Cleveland	Ohio	GCA Education Services Central States, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was pushing a lift through the field house when it hit a basketball hoop and tipped backwards. The lift fell and landed on the employee's leg breaking his right ankle.
2017-08-30	Lubbock	Texas	Bernie J. Thiel, Jr., Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Nonclassifiable
An employee performing agriculture work in a field was found unresponsive and hospitalized on 8/30/2017 due to an asthma attack.
2017-08-17	Homewood	Alabama	Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was operating a pickup truck to deliver a special events trailer to a ball field. The employee dropped the trailer off and exited the pickup truck. The unmanned vehicle began to roll and the employee attempted to stop the rolling pickup truck. The employee's right leg was struck by the vehicle. The employee sustained crushing injuries and was hospitalized for surgery.
2017-07-17	Metairie	Louisiana	AT&T	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was conducting a field safety observation. While he was observing a coworker, he started sweating heavily. He was hospitalized for severe dehydration.
2017-07-13	Fort Worth	Texas	EAS Contracting, LP	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
After mixing liquid components of elastic patching material for airfield lighting work, an employee had an allergic reaction that affected his respiratory functions and was hospitalized.
2017-06-27	Homestead	Florida	BROOKS TROPICALS, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
After marking holes in a field, an employee became dizzy, fainted, and vomited due to the heat. He suffered from dehydration and an acute kidney injury.
2017-06-22	White Heath	Illinois	Bayer Crop Science, LP	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was filling a tank on a utility vehicle with a 2-inch hose in preparation to spray a field when the hose separated from the fitting, causing the employee to lose his balance and fall to the ground. He fractured his hip.
2017-06-08	Rockford	Illinois	Northern Illinois Gas Company	Multiple body parts	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
On June 8, 2017, an employee was in the field working on a furnace when a flash fire occurred, causing second degree burns to his right arm and face. He was hospitalized.
2017-06-01	Iuka	Kansas	Kanza Cooperative Association	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway
An employee was using a case floater to spread dry fertilizer on a farmer's field when he came over a hill and hit a washout. He injured his back and required hospitalization.
2017-05-14	Weslaco	Texas	DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY-CUSTOMS & BORDER PROTECT	BODY SYSTEMS	Nonvenomous insect bites
An employee was working in the field and contracted the flu and typhus.
2017-05-04	Kenedy	Texas	Bulldog Connection Specialist	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was inspecting pipe and pinched his right middle finger between two oil field pipes rolling on the rack resulting in amputation.
2017-03-14	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	ADVANTAGE TECHNICAL RESOURCING, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
The employee was placing a rope by hand onto a 24 inch oilfield pipe. The pipe rolled over his right middle finger catching it between the pipe and the top of the pipe rack resulting in amputation of the finger.
2017-02-22	Lincoln	Nebraska	Blinderman Construction Co., Inc. dba Blinderman Construction	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on an extension ladder in an in-surface pool to take field measurements of an opening in a soffit. The employee then fell off the ladder and struck their head on the side of the pool.
2017-02-02	Burnet	Texas	Camp Longhorn Inks Lake	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
The employee was picking up rocks in the field and placing them in a tractor trailer. One of the rocks slipped and smashed his fingertip between it and the tractor bucket resulting in amputation at the first knuckle.
2017-01-09	Texas City	Texas	Turnaround Welding Services, LLC	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c.
An employee was helping a carry deck crane operator deliver items to the field. He followed the crane in a golf cart to the fab tent to retrieve equipment. As he was walking out of the fab tent with a strap in his hand and looking down at the strap to perform a visual inspection, the crane operator was putting his outriggers down. They did not see each other and an outrigger caught the employee's big toe. The outrigger smashed the steel toe of his boot, splitting and breaking his big toe.
2016-10-04	Chicago	Illinois	Louis Meskan Brass Foundry, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was inspecting a core machine because it was not operating. He attempted to clear some sand inside the point of operation. As his hand passed through a light curtain's sensing field, a core table lowered and crushed his right hand, causing lacerations and fractures.
2016-09-20	Ackerly	Texas	Dawson Geophysical	BODY SYSTEMS	Stings and venomous bites
An employee was working in a field environment and stepped near a hole where a rattlesnake contacted the employee on the lower leg.
2016-09-16	Shawnee	Kansas	Below Ground Surface, Inc	Lumbar region	Shooting by other person-unintentional
An employee was getting equipment ready to head out to the field while a second employee brought a gun to the office to have a third employee look at it. While the two employees were looking at the gun to correct a malfunction, it went off and shot the employee preparing equipment. The employee was struck in the lower back, hitting the pelvic bone, stomach and large intestine.
2016-08-26	Papillion	Nebraska	Alliance Baseball Omaha, LLC	Brain	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee was transporting a podium to the field and sustained a head injury. The employee was in the back of a mule-type ATV holding the podium, while another employee, drove the vehicle down to the field. While driving the vehicle down the ramp to the field, the injured employee hit his head on the bridge beam and fell out of the back of the vehicle. The employee was hospitalized for a concussion, cranial bleeding and a spinal fracture.
2016-07-24	Lewisville	Ohio	US Well Services, LLC	Thigh(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was working in an oilfield cleaning a sand hopper. He got caught in a hydraulic gate fracturing both femurs.
2016-07-21	Illiopolis	Illinois	Monsanto Company	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
On July 21, 2016, around 2:30 p.m., an employee was driving from one corn field to another when she felt ill due to heat stress and pulled over to call for assistance. She was hospitalized.
2016-07-08	Prophetstown	Illinois	Jeff Quick	Upper and lower limb(s)	Exposure to light
An employee was rouging corn in a field when he lost consciousness due to heat stress. He suffered burns to his legs and hands from direct sun exposure, requiring hospitalization.
2016-07-06	Snyder	Texas	E D Walton Construction	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
On or about 7/6/16, at 17:45 hours, an employee had been working outside at several oilfield locations in high heat conditions when he began feeling ill and collapsed. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.
2016-06-23	Pasadena	Texas	Alpha Technical Services Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was cleaning a mobile field storage tank with a pressure washer hose when it shot him in the left hand with 5,000-psi water pressure, lacerating his middle finger and causing tendon damage.
2016-06-14	Nitro	West Virgini	ERM, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Nonvenomous insect bites
On June 14, 2016, an employee was bitten by a tick while performing remediation work in the field. The employee became ill and required hospitalization.
2016-06-13	Cordele	Georgia	M.K. HARVESTING, INC.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was hospitalized due to heat stroke that occurred while he was working in the field harvesting watermelons.
2016-06-08	March Air Reserve Base	California	Southwest Construction Company, Inc.	Upper arm(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was power-washing the airfield surface when the water spray or the sharp edge of the spray nozzle lacerated his upper left arm. He was hospitalized.
2016-06-07	Jerome	Idaho	Donna Roth Habersetzer LLC	Eye(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee and coworkers were working in the field. The employee was moving a hand line when the hose became twisted. As the employee kneeled to remove pressure in the valve, the pressure released and a piece of the valve struck him in the right eye.
2016-04-21	Myakka City	Florida	DeLeon Agricultural Services, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was hospitalized due to dehydration after picking pickles in the field.
2016-04-17	Aleppo	Pennsylvania	Elite Oil Field Services	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
On 4/17/16, an employee was cutting down trees to clear an oil field well pad site. A previously cut tree became caught up in the tree he was currently cutting. The tree then fell down and struck his right leg, breaking it.
2016-02-27	Immokalee	Florida	Agmart Produce Inc	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was struck by a field truck while preparing to harvest tomatoes, injuring his left leg and lower back.
2016-01-07	White Deer	Texas	Carson County Gin, Lp	Nonclassifiable	Nonclassifiable
Employees were rolling flotation tires into the bed of a pickup to take them to a field where the contracted company could install them on trucks to remove modules from the wet fields. An employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
2015-12-22	Garden City	New York	MACY'S	Nonclassifiable	Shooting by other person-intentional
An employee was shot during an attempted robbery inside Roosevelt Field Mall.
2015-12-09	Saint Louis	Missouri	CHC Consulting, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was fielding (visual inspection of telecommunications components) a pole in the rear casement of a home when she tripped over and fell on a vine. She felt pain in her right arm, right shoulder, and chest. She was hospitalized overnight with broken ribs.
2015-12-01	Cheyenne	Oklahoma	APACHE CORPORATION	Multiple face locations	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was struck in the face while blowing down a reinjection line at an oilfield production location, resulting in facial bone fractures, a hole in the roof of his mouth, tooth loss, and a big gash on his right cheek near/under the lower edge of his safety glasses. He required surgery.
2015-11-04	Montezuma	Georgia	United States Geological Survey - South Atlantic Water Science Center	Skull	Fall on same level
An employee was collecting field data walking up and down a stream bank. The employee fell and fractured their skull.