Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-05 | Ashford | Al | Summerford Pallet Company, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking from the sawmill to the pallet plant when they slipped on mud and fell to the ground, resulting in a broken leg. | |||||
2021-10-22 | Milner | Ga | Harper Tree Service, LLC | Upper and lower limb(s) | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee operating a tree trimming truck was trying to pull another tree trimming truck out of the mud. The employee got out of his truck to attach a winch to the stuck truck when they received an electrical shock from the truck, which was energized by powerlines they were trimming around. The employee suffered severe burns to their legs and arms. | |||||
2021-10-21 | Jacobsburg | Oh | Patterson-UTI Energy Inc | Face | Fall on same level |
An employee was unscrewing and separating a connection of a drill pipe when drilling mud sprayed out of the connection, causing the employee to fall backward and strike his face on a piece of equipment. The employee suffered a laceration on his lip and a facial fracture. | |||||
2021-10-05 | Amberg | Wi | Luisier Well Drilling, Inc. | Arm(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was on the ground, guiding a 20-foot-long, 6-inch pipe into a well casing. As the pipe was lowered (by a crane, using a nylon sling), it slipped, hitting the ground and the mud jack and eventually striking the employee. He was knocked into a nearby truck and suffered a broken arm. | |||||
2021-10-04 | Midland | Tx | Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC | Brain | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was cleaning a mud pump. A retaining cap dislodged from the pump and struck the side of his head, causing a laceration and a head injury. | |||||
2021-09-08 | Birmingham | Al | Drummond Company, Inc. | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was mudding the door on an oven. The employee fell approximately 15 feet from the mud cart to the concrete floor on the next lower level. The employee sustained fractured ribs, thoracic spine, and teeth. | |||||
2021-08-10 | Marietta | Ok | O7 Energy Co LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was retrieving a load of water-based drilling mud with a vacuum truck. The employee slipped on the mud, fell, and struck his left side on the mud pump base. He suffered broken ribs on that side. | |||||
2021-07-28 | Cadiz | Oh | Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC | Fingertip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
Two employees were working on a rig floor, separating the connection on a drill pipe. As they were starting to push the stand of the pipe, one employee slipped in some oil-based mud on the rig floor, fell forward, and put his hands out in front of himself to minimize the fall. The drill pipe moved back slightly and pinched his fingertip against the rig floor, resulting in the amputation of his right index fingertip above the first knuckle. | |||||
2021-07-28 | Fayetteville | Nc | NG Companies | Arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
On July 28, 2021, an NG Companies employee was about to transfer mud to a bore pit. He had put the hydro excavation truck in position for the debris transfer and prepared it. When he opened a knife valve, hot water sprayed through the flange onto him, causing second-degree burns to his face, right arm, and right hand; a third-degree burn to part of the right arm; and a broken collarbone. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-07-09 | Chuluota | Fl | Service Electric Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
The employee was rigging a towing strap to a front-end loader to tow a truck out of the mud and onto matting. The front-end loader moved while the employee's thumb was between the vertical drop pin and the tow bar of the front-end loader, resulting in a partial thumb tip amputation. | |||||
2021-06-23 | Dublin | Oh | Miles McClellan Masonry LLC | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was disassembling a scaffold. After opening a gate to load a mud bin onto a forklift, the employee fell from the scaffold to the ground. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-06-11 | Highlands | Tx | PLASTIPAK PACKAGING, INC. | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
While taking a level reading from a silo, an employee stepped out and slipped on a mixture of condensation and mud. The employee fell to the ground and sustained three broken ankle bones. | |||||
2021-06-07 | San Marcos | Tx | Lundberg Masonry | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning out mud from a gas-powered masonry mixer. Once the mud was dislodged, the mixer's paddles began to move and caught his right arm. He suffered an injury to the forearm. | |||||
2021-06-03 | Sardis | Oh | Appalachian Oilfield & Industrial Services, LLC | Foot (feet) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee and a co-worker were cleaning out a tank. The employee had drill mud all over their boot and the co-worker was helping spray mud off the boot with a pressure washer gun when the pressurized water cut the employee's foot. | |||||
2021-05-12 | Dadeville | Al | KWANGSUNG AMERICA CORPORATION | Arm(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was carrying trash outside to the burning pit using a forklift. The forklift got stuck in the mud outside and the operator asked another forklift operator to pull the stuck forklift out of the mud. The second forklift was backing up to the stuck forklift to attach a chain. The injured employee was holding the chain and while the second forklift backed up and the employee's left arm was crushed between the two forklifts resulting in amputation of the arm. | |||||
2021-05-01 | Dallas | Tx | Transport Corporation of America Inc | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking around his truck at the customer's loading dock area when they slipped in mud and fell, resulting in a broken right ankle and leg. | |||||
2021-04-26 | Seville | Oh | TA Operating LLC | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee attempted to cut a hole in a rubber mudflap with a pocket knife. The pocket knife closed and cut the tip of the employee's left index finger. | |||||
2021-03-19 | Mc Elhattan | Pa | Glenn O. Hawbaker, Incorporated | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was cleaning mud off the lights on a truck after a cargo container had been unloaded from it. As the truck's lift gate was being put away, the winch cable engaged and pulled in the employee's hand, lacerating it and causing four fractures to the palm. | |||||
2021-03-09 | Downers Grove | Il | Orkin LLC | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell in a wet, muddy yard, suffering a broken ankle. | |||||
2021-02-21 | Robeline | La | Asplundh Tree Expert Co. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking around his work truck on muddy terrain when he slipped and fell in the mud. His left hip struck a 6-inch tree stump and was broken. | |||||
2021-02-20 | Millsboro | De | DELMARVA ROOFING & COATING, INC | Pelvis | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was working on a roof while installing a membrane roofing system over an existing metal roof. The employee was pulling a generator cord out of the way when he fell off the roof edge approximately 20 feet into muddy ground, resulting in a fractured pelvis and right lung contusion. | |||||
2021-02-17 | Oneonta | Al | U.S. Postal Service | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking to an apartment to deliver mail. She slipped on ice and mud on a walkway and fell, suffering a broken left leg. | |||||
2021-02-17 | Nampa | Id | B&W Wrecker Service | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee had driven a wrecker out to a job site to remove a piece of heavy equipment that was stuck in mud and wedged against a building. The employee ran winch cables, adjusted the boom, attached chains, and set up a snatch block. He began pulling the equipment out of the mud. A chain that was pulling on the heavy equipment broke, and the employee was struck in the chest by the snatch block. He sustained five broken ribs and a punctured lung. | |||||
2021-02-16 | Saint George | Sc | U.S. Postal Service | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
A mail carrier was exiting her vehicle in the parking lot when she stepped in mud and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right ankle, requiring surgery. | |||||
2021-02-09 | Fort Worth | Tx | Huffines Management Partners | Leg(s) | Other jump to lower level |
An employee jumped out of the bed of a work truck that was stuck in the mud and suffered a broken leg. | |||||
2021-02-08 | Bethany | La | Patterson-UTI Energy Inc | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was closing a manhole cover in the floor of a mud pit when a disconnected 6-inch discharge line lying next to the cover shifted, pinching the end of the employee's finger between the floor grating and the discharge line. The employee suffered an amputation of the tip of his left middle finger. | |||||
2020-10-09 | Rockford | Il | Bluewater Thermal Solutions | Brain | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
The injured employee was operating a sit-down forklift (PIT) with an empty pallet on its forks when the PIT got stuck in the grass and mud while ascending a slight incline in a grassy area in back of the building. A second PIT was used to push the stuck PIT out of a rut to no avail. A third PIT was then connected to the other two PITs with a sling tether and a heavy chain. The two PITs attempted to tow the injured employee’s PIT out of the rut and the jarring motion caused a small rock or piece | |||||
2020-09-05 | Grandview | Tx | Brookshire Brothers | Upper arm(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
While carrying trash to a dumpster, an employee slipped on mud and fell to the concrete. The employee suffered a broken humerus. | |||||
2020-08-27 | Hoschton | Ga | Carroll Daniel Construction Company | Leg(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
Two employees were driving a utility terrain vehicle when it slid on muddy soil and rolled over on an incline. An employee's leg was caught underneath the vehicle against the soil/mud. The employee suffered a compound fracture to the leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2020-08-08 | Stanton | Tx | Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee swung a sledge hammer to hit a hammer union. The sledge hammer missed and caused the employee to lose balance and fall approximately 3 feet, hitting his back on a mud pump module and suction pipe. The employee sustained fractures to the L2, L3, and L4 vertebrae. | |||||
2020-06-30 | Birmingham | Alabama | Terex Utilities, INC | Ankle(s) | Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode |
An employee was loading a telehandler onto a flatbed trailer. The employee stepped down 1 foot, trying to avoid mud, and stepped onto a grassy patch, then rolled his left ankle which was fractured and dislocated. | |||||
2020-06-22 | Moscow | Kansas | Custom Pipe and Fabrication Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on the back of a truck trailer, unloading pipe from the trailer. The employee fell to the ground due to environmental conditions and muddy boots. The employee sustained four fractured ribs and an L12 vertebra fracture. | |||||
2020-05-27 | Phoenix | Arizona | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On 5/27/2020, an employee was delivering mail to a residence. The employee approached the porch between a car and the yard, then stepped off the paved walkway and slipped on the mud on the irrigated yard. The employee fell, landing on the ground and sidewalk, and sustained a broken right elbow and abrasions to the knee. | |||||
2020-05-02 | Barron | Wisconsin | Halvor Lines Inc | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On May 2, 2020, a delivery driver slipped in mud while walking around the back of a semi trailer. The employee fell, suffering a broken right ankle. | |||||
2020-04-30 | Sardis | Ohio | Suburban Maintenance and Construction | Leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was directing an excavator operator who was backfilling on the downhill side of a retaining wall when the operator disengaged the hydraulic control. The employee was then struck by the excavator bucket or mud, suffering a fractured leg. | |||||
2020-04-29 | Parker | Colorado | Hudick Excavating, Inc. | Leg(s) | Excavation or trenching cave-in |
An employee was laying pipe in a trench when a chunk of dirt/mud rolled into the trench box and onto the employee, who suffered a broken leg. | |||||
2020-04-17 | Wilmington | Delaware | Clearsite Industrial | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was cleaning mud out of a concrete footing with a hydroexcavator when the insert from the excavator's rubber vacuum hose sheared off, severing the connection with the dig tubes and causing the dig tubes to fall and strike the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a compression fracture to the back. | |||||
2020-03-07 | Plano | Texas | Circle H Contractors | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was pushing a steel mud bucket inside a tunnel work area. The bucket was loaded with pieces of lumber and C-shaped steel beam rings. A piece of the steel caught the edge of the tunnel wall, moved back, and caught the employee's right index finger against the upper edge of the bucket. The employee suffered an amputation to the finger. | |||||
2020-03-05 | Atlanta | Georgia | Midsouth Floor Systems GA | Ankle(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
While walking around the exterior of the building, an employee stepped in mud and sustained a broken ankle. | |||||
2020-03-04 | Athens | Alabama | Foley Products Company, Inc. | Leg(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
The injured employee was talking to another employee while kneeling on the mud pan. The injured employee's right foot/leg were caught between the mud pan and the catwalk resulting in a fracture to the right leg. The machine was in operation at the time. | |||||
2020-02-20 | Southlake | Texas | UtillTex Construction, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking to his truck to get tools when he slipped in mud while walking down an incline. His right foot became stuck in the mud, resulting in a broken fibula and tibia. | |||||
2020-02-12 | Ledbetter | Texas | Forbes Energy Services, LLC | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
Employees at an oil rig were breaking down its blowout preventers. After removing the preventers from the wellhead, they put a wooden board on the ground to set the preventer on and keep it from getting muddy. When one employee unhooked his tagline from a preventer, the preventer shifted and the locking stem on its top struck the top of the employee's left boot. He suffered a laceration to the foot and two broken toes. | |||||
2020-01-27 | Milford | Delaware | Atlantic Concrete Company, Inc. | Forehead | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was sitting in a concrete truck that was stuck in the mud. The back of a second concrete truck was attached to the front of the concrete truck that was stuck in the mud by a ratcheting strap. The connecting strap snapped, flinging the metal ratchet device crashing through the driver side window of the concrete truck. The device struck the employee in the head, causing a forehead laceration that required sutures and hospitalization. | |||||
2019-08-28 | Clarksburg | West Virgini | Heritage Environmental Services | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was cleaning out drill mud sediment from a frac tank. He began to experience body cramps and was hospitalized for dehydration and a heat-related muscle injury. | |||||
2019-08-28 | Houston | Texas | CGC Logistics | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was cleaning out the bed of his pickup truck when wet mud/concrete slid out and landed on his right foot. Two of the employee's toes were amputated. | |||||
2019-08-27 | Blakely | Georgia | M.A. Mortenson Company | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking along a gravel road when she stepped into a puddle of mud and fell to the ground, fracturing her right ankle. | |||||
2019-08-24 | Ulysses | Kansas | CACTUS OPERATING LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden |
An employee was on a horse working with cattle when the horse lost its footing in mud and fell with the employee to the ground. The employee broke a finger and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-08-22 | Dickinson | North Dakota | Ranger Energy Services | Multiple body parts | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was in a forklift that was stuck in mud. A truck was pulling the forklift with a chain to get it out of the mud when the chain broke and snapped, hitting the employee who was in the forklift. The employee suffered fractured ribs and a fractured shoulder blade. | |||||
2019-08-19 | Middleton | Wisconsin | Livesey Painting, Inc. | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level |
On August 19, 2019, an employee was working on a baker's scaffold while mudding drywall inside a commercial building. At approximately 11:20 a.m., the employee was standing on the scaffold and using his arms to move the scaffold across the floor when he lost balance and fell over the guardrails, landing on the concrete floor below. He fractured seven ribs and his skull. | |||||
2019-08-07 | Wesley Chapel | Florida | SADDLEBROOK RESORTS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a mud mixer (hand-held) when his hand entered the bucket with a rag. The running mixer amputated his pinky finger. | |||||
2019-07-11 | Aliquippa | Pennsylvania | Minnesota Limited LLC | Ankle(s) | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely |
An employee was collecting welding leads to leave work for the day. A 1-foot round pipe was on the ground and slid in mud caused by heavy rain. The pipe struck the employee in the leg, breaking his ankle. | |||||
2019-06-20 | Congers | New York | The Arc of Rockland | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell on the wet grass and mud while walking to her car, fracturing her foot/ankle. | |||||
2019-06-15 | East Setauket | New York | US Postal Service | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was getting out of a vehicle and stepped onto a branch, causing her to slip on mud on the street. She fell and injured her left hip. | |||||
2019-06-04 | West Chester | Pennsylvania | Michels Corporation | Foot (feet) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee's feet were crushed by a mud bin. | |||||
2019-05-28 | Commerce City | Colorado | SOUTHWEST MOBILE STORAGE, INC. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was climbing down a ladder after installing a sign. The ladder's leg slipped on muddy ground and the employee fell about 6 feet to the ground, suffering a broken wrist and lacerated liver. | |||||
2019-05-25 | Sonora | Texas | River and Roads Directional Drilling | Head | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was changing out a mud motor on the directional drilling rig. To make sure the motor was aligned, the employee did a bump test with a wrench. The wrench then swung and hit the employee in the hard hat, causing a small fracture to the head and slight bruising. | |||||
2019-05-05 | Roscoe | Texas | MOR Drilling LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was connecting elevators to pipe. He slipped on the wet muddy floor and while trying to catch himself, his right ring finger was caught between elevators and a tool joint at the moment when the driller was going to pick up the elevators. His finger was smashed and partially amputated. | |||||
2019-05-03 | Midland | Texas | Big E Drilling Co | Eye(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
The injured employee was standing next to the drilling piping, holding material over the pipe joint to channel residual mud downward, ready to swing the disconnected piping out of the way. Oil-based drilling mud came out under pressure and three employees got mud in their eyes when their hard hats and safety glasses were blown off. One employee was hospitalized for an eye injury. The eye was burning, swollen and the employee was unable to see. | |||||
2019-04-30 | Garden City | Texas | Felderhoff Brothers Drilling | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was removing a pressure relief valve from a mud pump with a 36-inch pipe wrench. The pipe wrench slipped and caught the employee's finger between the wrench and the mud pump resulting in amputation of the left middle finger and a fracture to the ring finger. | |||||
2019-04-20 | Blanchard | Oklahoma | Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was on a mud pump skid, on his hands and knees, searching for a pin that had fallen. A tool fell onto the employee's right little fingertip, amputating the tip. | |||||
2019-04-07 | Beeville | Texas | Walking C Oilfield Services LLC | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
Employee was cleaning with a power washer when his foot became stuck in the mud. As he tried to pull it out, his boot came off, causing him to lose balance and activate the power washer. The power washer then amputated a toe. | |||||
2019-03-26 | Plano | Texas | Spring Valley Construction Co. | Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was using measuring tape to shoot grade when he slipped in mud and fell, striking his face above the right eye. He suffered a cracked sinus cavity and required stitches above his right eye. | |||||
2019-03-02 | Fowlerton | Texas | Ranger Energy Services, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was monitoring a mud pump and slipped on a slick surface. While bracing for a fall, the employee contacted a belt and pulley on a pump. His right middle finger was lacerated just above the first knuckle and the fingertip had to be surgically amputated. | |||||
2019-02-28 | New York | New York | Beit Rabban Day School | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was supervising children in a park when she fell from a swing set. She slipped on mud, hit her head, and suffered a concussion. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-02-22 | Lewistown | Pennsylvania | Marlette Homes | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was drywall mudding the back corner of a tub. She slipped on some mud that had fallen on the floor and dislocated her ankle. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-02-19 | Midland | Texas | Trinidad Drilling TDLP | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was handling a mud pump liner when it shifted. His left little finger was caught between the liner and the mud pump and the tip was amputated. | |||||
2019-02-12 | Morgantown | West Virgini | Ruby Memorial Hospital | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was walking up a grass hill to the workplace. The employee slipped in mud and slid down the hill, hitting a concrete barrier. The employee suffered a broken left ankle. | |||||
2019-02-08 | Chicago | Illinois | Illinois Bell Telephone, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking from the company truck to the worksite, slipped on mud and fell resulting in a broken right ankle. | |||||
2019-02-06 | Bryan | Texas | Innovative Energy Services, Inc | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was standing near a winch truck that was being used to pull out a workover rig that was stuck in the mud. The winch cable was hooked to a cross member on the rig. The winch truck driver attempted to pull on the rig and the cross member welding broke. The cross member swung around and struck the employee's chest. The employee suffered fractured ribs, a collapsed lung, and a ruptured spleen. | |||||
2019-02-05 | Satanta | Kansas | Friona Cattle Feeders | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Animal transportation incident, n.e.c. |
The employee was riding a horse, sorting cattle. Due to ice and mud, the horse slipped and fell on top of employee's left leg and shoulder. The employee suffered a rotator cuff dislocation of the left shoulder and a muscle injury to the left leg. | |||||
2019-01-22 | Callahan | Florida | Florida Power and Light | Leg(s) | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport |
An employee was attempting to undo a sling between a crew material handler truck that was struck in the mud and a four-wheeled pickup truck that was pulling the crew material handler truck when the four-wheeled truck rolled back, pinning his right leg. He suffered lacerations, punctures, and a damaged main artery behind his right knee, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2019-01-03 | Springville | New York | Wahl to Wahl Construction Inc. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was standing on the first or second step of a 6-foot step ladder. He was applying drywall mud to the ceiling tape when he lost his balance and fell to the ground. He suffered a broken hip. | |||||
2018-09-14 | Braddock | Pennsylvania | U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Works | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee had been performing helper duties on a blast furnace, including cleaning/loading the mud gun, installing the slag dam, and cleaning the sides of the trough, when he was overcome by heat approximately 6.5 hours into his shift. He suffered heat-related illness, cramping in his arms, and loss of consciousness. | |||||
2018-09-10 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | Cactus Drilling Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was removing a hose from a mud pump with a crescent wrench when the wrench slipped off the nut and his hands were mashed between the wrench and pump. | |||||
2018-09-08 | Fombell | Pennsylvania | Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC | Skull | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
During the breaking of a connection, an employee was holding a "mud bucket" against a pipe to minimize the splashing of mud on an oil rig floor. As the two pieces of pipe were moved apart, a spray of mud caused the employee to fall and hit his head on a piece of equipment behind him. He suffered a scalp laceration and a skull fracture. | |||||
2018-08-14 | Denton | Texas | Ferguson | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating the lift gate on his truck with a controller. He slipped in the mud and fell, and the controller lowered the gate onto the tip of his thumb. The tip was amputated. | |||||
2018-08-13 | Balmorhea | Texas | Solid Liberty Services, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was setting up five mud tanks and a mud pump. While he was hooking up the fifth mud tank to the fourth mud tank, a gap formed between the hose to the union. He inched the cable over multiple times to close the gap. Then, the driver lifted the mud tank up, which caused the cable line to pull the employee's finger between the truck roller, resulting in an amputation of the end of his left index finger. | |||||
2018-08-06 | Moody Afb | Georgia | Ace Electric, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee stepped on mud while exiting a shipping container and fell backwards, suffering a concussion and possible injuries to the neck and back. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-07-12 | Rogersville | Pennsylvania | Cactus Wellhead, LLC | Skull | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was removing a 2" riser pipe from a casing head with a pipe wrench when backside pressure pushed the riser up and it struck the employee's forehead. He was then covered in drilling mud, which evacuated the well behind the pipe. He suffered a forehead laceration and skull fracture. | |||||
2018-06-23 | San Angelo | Texas | Lonestar Beef Processors, L.P. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell on a muddy concrete floor as he was going around a corner, fracturing his left hip. | |||||
2018-06-05 | Denver | Colorado | Big Horn Plastering | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was transferring equipment from a forklift to a platform and fell approximately six feet off the platform. A drum of mud then rolled off the platform and struck the employee. He was admitted to the hospital for treatment. | |||||
2018-06-05 | Goldsmith | Texas | Fluid Delivery Solutions, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was pulling a hose that was stuck in mud and when it came loose the employee fell backwards breaking the right tibia. | |||||
2018-05-24 | Wewahitchka | Florida | Agreserve, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was pulling a tractor out of the mud using a second tractor and a winch. The hook of the winch-cable slipped out of place and hit the employee's left thumb, catching it against the tractor resulting in amputation of one phalanx. | |||||
2018-05-14 | Hereford | Colorado | Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking in his working area when he slipped on mud and fell, injuring his leg. | |||||
2018-04-27 | Dickinson | North Dakota | National Oilwell Varco, L.P. | Head and trunk | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking to his truck when he slipped in the mud and hit his head and back, suffering a concussion and spinal fracture. | |||||
2018-04-26 | Las Vegas | Nevada | US Postal Service* | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee had just finished delivering mail to a residence and was taking a shortcut across a yard when he tripped over a tree root and fractured his left hip. The ground was a bit muddy at the time. | |||||
2018-03-16 | White Castle | Louisiana | JP Oil Services, LLC | Multiple body parts | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was pumping water down tubing to get mud back to a frac tank. When the pump pressured up, the inner rubber of the hose came apart, plugging the hose and causing it to blow out of the tank. The hose then struck the employee's wrist and chest. | |||||
2018-02-15 | Columbus | Ohio | Helping Hands Center | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was running after a child that was running towards a street and slipped in a grassy, muddy area. As she tried to catch herself on a chain link fence, the ring on her left ring finger was caught in the fence resulting in a degloving injury. | |||||
2018-02-15 | Hammon | Oklahoma | Unit Drilling Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was changing liners in the mud pump and got his right index finger smashed between the liner and sledge hammer. | |||||
2018-02-12 | Houston | Texas | U.S. Postal Service | Foot (feet) | Slip on substance without fall |
An employee exited the vehicle and slipped in mud while walking to the back of the vehicle causing her foot to roll and fracture. | |||||
2018-02-02 | College Station | Texas | American Fire Protection Group, Inc. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking and performing a visual inspection of the fire protection system, slipped on mud and fell fracturing the knee. | |||||
2018-01-26 | Dover | Delaware | Fisher Auto Parts, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking from the company parking lot when he slipped on mud, fell, and broke his right ankle. | |||||
2018-01-07 | Orla | Texas | Helmerich & Payne IDC | Nonclassifiable | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was changing out an expansion joint with another employee. While they were breaking the bolts loose, oil-based mud leaked out and burned his skin. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-01-05 | Houston | Texas | Willbros Construction (U.S.), LLC-DELAWARE | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was spotting for a pipe as an excavator moved it from the pipe yard to the fabrication area. His foot then became stuck in mud and the excavator ran over his foot. He sustained a contusion to his right leg and was hospitalized. | |||||
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. | |||||
2017-10-06 | Kosse | Texas | Pierce Construction Inc. | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was on a haul truck trailer helping a mechanic tighten bolts. When they were finished and coming off of the trailer, the employee slipped on mud and fell to the ground, breaking an arm. | |||||
2017-08-10 | Elgin | Illinois | Concrete Specialties Co. (Elgin) | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a hammer to scrape concrete off a mud belt on a moving conveyor. When the hammer contacted the conveyor belt, it struck his hand and injured his right thumb. | |||||
2017-07-26 | Kanawha Head | West Virgini | Fluid Delivery Solutions, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
On July 26, 2017, an employee drove a utility vehicle up a hill to refuel a water pump. While driving the vehicle off the hill, the employee ran into mud, at which time the vehicle's back end kicked out. As he was trying to stop the vehicle, he fractured his left tibia, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-07-24 | Watford City | North Dakota | Treadstone Environmental Services, LLC | Forearm(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was washing out a hydrovac truck at a dump site. While holding the high pressure hose, he was pushed back but his feet were stuck in the mud so he fell back and lost control of the high pressure hose. High pressure water shot through his right forearm. | |||||
2017-07-18 | Orlando | Florida | Weber Environmental Services, Inc. | Arm(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee's lawn mower was stuck in mud. As a vehicle was pulling him out with a chain, the chain broke and struck his arm. He was hospitalized and had surgery. |