Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-11	Oklahoma City	Ok	Aquahawk Energy	Lower leg(s)	Struck by shifting load during transport, nonroadway
An employee was moving a water pump with a skid steer. When the employee reached the top of a hill, the water pump slid off the skid steer's forks and hit the cab. It entered the cab and struck the employee, who suffered a laceration to the left calf.
2021-10-28	Columbus	Oh	GCS Water Purification LLC	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
On October 28, 2021, an employee was installing a water pump when it fell on his leg. The leg was broken.
2021-10-28	Valencia	Pa	A J Myers & Sons Inc	Pelvis	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was filling up a school bus with gas at a gas station. The employee tripped on the gas pump hose and fell, breaking his pelvis in two places.
2021-10-25	La Place	La	DENKA PERFORMANCE ELASTOMER, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was on a 2-foot step ladder removing a pneumatic cylinder. He fell from the ladder, and on the way down his left side contacted a nearby brine pump. He suffered two broken ribs and a punctured lung on the left side of his body.
2021-10-20	Westlake	Oh	Innovative Confection Solutions	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was unjamming debris in a food processor pump. Moving parts in the pump caused the amputation of the employee's right thumb tip. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
2021-10-13	Fort Smith	Ar	Sunbelt Chemical & Equipment Inc	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
At 2:30 p.m. on October 13, 2021, an employee was on top of a pump truck, replacing the cone insert on the cyclone tank. He fell about 11 feet, striking a mounted toolbox before hitting the ground. He suffered a broken right leg below the knee, a compressed lower back vertebra, and a contusion to the right buttock. He was hospitalized.
2021-10-11	Glastonbury	Ct	Stop & Shop Supermarket	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
On October 11, 2021, an employee was outside a gas kiosk cleaning its windows. A vehicle struck her as it pulled up to the pump. She suffered multiple fractures to the left leg.
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.
2021-10-01	Oklahoma City	Ok	Scissortail Park Foundation	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was helping pump liquid chlorine from a larger vessel into a smaller vessel. The employee developed chlorine exposure symptoms.
2021-10-01	Heyburn	Id	Gem State Processing, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was diagnosing a destoner pump to determine if it would spin freely. The tip of his right ring finger was caught between the belt and the sheave, and the fingertip was amputated.
2021-09-27	Chester	Ok	North Star Well Services, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was attempting to loosen a horsehead that was being removed via rigging from a pump. The employee's left hand was caught in a pinch point, resulting in amputations of the third and fourth fingers and a nailbed laceration on the second finger.
2021-09-27	Decatur	Al	DXP Enterprises	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was standing on a flatbed trailer as a pump was being loaded. The pump caught his right ankle, causing him to lose balance and fall from the trailer to the ground about 3 to 5 feet below. He suffered fractures to his right ankle and the left side of his pelvis.
2021-09-27	Jacksonville	Fl	Central Florida Contractors Services, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On September 27, 2021, an employee was cleaning a concrete pump at the wash out area. As he sat at the edge of the hopper, the auger inside the hopper engaged and his right leg was amputated below the knee.
2021-09-18	Shreveport	La	CALUMET SPECIALTY PRODUCTS PARTNERS, L.P.	Multiple body parts	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was responding to a seal leak on a crude pump when a nearby switchgear arced, causing a pressure wave to knock him to the ground. The employee sustained multiple lacerations to his face and hands.
2021-09-16	New Richmond	Wi	A-Star Concrete Pumping, Inc.	Arm(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was washing out the hopper of a concrete trailer pump. Components of the hopper lacerated and broke the employee's right arm.
2021-09-16	Moore	Ok	Del Real LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was removing a connector hose to a transfer pump. The employee's right middle finger was caught in the feed opening of the pump by the lobe transfer pump shaft. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation.
2021-09-14	Canyonville	Or	Seven Feathers Hotel & Gaming Resort	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking over to an oil spill near the pumps of a gas station when they slipped and fell to the concrete ground, resulting in a broken ankle.
2021-09-13	Piedmont	Ok	Producers Service Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was replacing the valve on a frac pump. Fingers on his left hand were caught in the pump's moving pistons and injured; the middle finger required surgery.
2021-09-10	Bellefonte	Pa	R.W. Bird Trucking, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was connecting a pump hose to a milk truck. The valve at the pump closed and clipped his right index finger, lacerating it and causing a partial amputation to the fingertip.
2021-09-10	Tulsa	Ok	Axel Royal, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was replacing a tank pump. He was utilizing a pry bar to help manipulate two flanges to better position a new gasket between them. His left index finger was in the bottom bolt hole of the flange when the pry bar slipped, causing the flanges to come together and amputate the end of his left index finger above the first knuckle.
2021-09-01	Goldsmith	Tx	Aggietech Energy Services LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was working on a pumping unit. The employee's left middle and ring fingers got caught in the sheave and belt on the pulley system of the pumping unit resulting in fingertip amputations.
2021-08-26	Bethlehem	Ga	T & M Tilt-Up, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee had been directing a concrete truck. The employee's right hand got stuck between the truck's chute and the hopper of the concrete pump. The employee sustained crushed fingers and an injury to the wrist.
2021-08-25	Atkins	Ar	Twin Rivers Foods, Inc	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
At about 9:02 p.m. on August 25, 2021, an employee was trying to clear clogged wastewater pumps. The employee turned off power to the pumps and started the procedure to clear the lines. Upon opening a line, the employee was sprayed by heated liquid and suffered second-degree burns to the torso and upper right arm. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-08-19	Encinal	Tx	Lewis Resource Management, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by handheld object or equipment
On 8/19/2021, at approximately 0400 hours, the injured employee was assisting another employee to remove a fluid end on a frac pump in the repair bay. A wrench was activated and the employee's ring finger was caught and amputated between the HTW and the fluid end.
2021-08-18	Coffeyville	Ks	River Rock Operating, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was doing maintenance on a gas well pump jack. The brake did not hold when he set it, and a belt and pulley caught his hand. He suffered an amputation to the little finger, about 7/8 of the way from the end.
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.
2021-07-30	Crest Hill	Il	Rich Products Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
On July 30, 2021, at 6:00 p.m., an employee was removing a hose and the stainless steel hardline for a positive displacement pump when their left middle finger caught on a blade in the pump, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
2021-07-27	Brenton	Wv	Diversified Gas & Oil Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee raised a well pump jack and placed the top and bottom rod clamps on the lifting rod. The bottom rod clamp slipped, causing the well pump jack to lower and amputate the employee's left thumb.
2021-07-20	Garden City	Tx	Laredo Petroleum, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was performing maintenance on a load cell. Their right hand was on an RPM sensor of rotating weights when the pump jack cycled on, resulting in amputation of three fingertips on the employee's right hand.
2021-07-20	Gardendale	Tx	Catalyst Oilfield Services	Head, neck, and trunk	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was transferring potassium hydroxide (50-70%) from an IBC tote into a blending tank using a pneumatic double diaphragm pump in the transfer area at the facility. The hose disconnected during the transfer and potassium hydroxide (caustic potash) caused chemical burns on the employee's face, neck, and upper torso. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-07-15	Cambridge	Ma	LCL Bulk Transport Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was pumping a load of chocolate off a tanker. The dairy valve sucked in, injuring his right index and middle fingers and causing an amputation to a fingertip.
2021-07-15	Dayville	Ct	Suttles Truck Leasing LLC	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was off loading ammonia solution at the plant when the connection at the pump truck came off and approximately 500 gallons of ammonia were spilled. The employee suffered chemical burns to the legs and feet due to the ammonia exposure.
2021-07-12	Aurora	Mo	KAY CONCRETE MATERIALS	BODY SYSTEMS	Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was unloading concrete from a ready-mix truck. The employee was leaning on the truck's fender and had a remote control for the truck in his hand. The pumper that he was feeding into made contact with an overhead power line; the employee suffered a whole-body shock.
2021-07-08	Wayne	Nj	Quick Chek Corporation	Hip(s)	Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
An employee was pumping gas into a customer's car. The customer started to drive away and the employee was dragged a few feet resulting in a hip fracture.
2021-06-14	Vancouver	Wa	JT MARINE, INC.	Hand(s)	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee and a co-worker were preparing to change the position of a pump control device for a water filtering system on a tug boat. The employee was loosening a screw when they received an electrical shock to their hand from a 480-volt current and burns.
2021-06-08	Clark	Nj	Kerry Ingredients & Flavours, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a positive displacement pump. As he was checking for oil on the hose, his finger contacted the shear of the pump and he suffered an amputation.
2021-06-07	Metamora	Il	Snyder Village	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Other fall to lower level
On June 7, 2021, an employee was standing on a 6-foot fiberglass step ladder, addressing an issue with a heat pump. The heat pump was turned on to build pressure. While checking the refrigerant in the heat pump, the employee contacted a wire, was shocked, and fell from the ladder. The employee was hospitalized, having suffered electrical burns to the left thumb, index finger, and middle finger, as well as a bruise to the left arm from the fall and neck/back strain.
2021-06-05	Farmerville	La	Foster Farms Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was unclogging a pump with chicken product. His right hand got caught in the pump, and the index and middle fingertips were amputated.
2021-06-01	Moss Point	Ms	Omega Protein, Inc.	Multiple face locations	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was preparing to pump bail water to a vessel when a metal end-cap was blown off the end of the 3-inch bail hose. The end-cap struck the vessel, ricocheted, and then struck the employee's jaw. The employee sustained a fracture to the face and jaw.
2021-06-01	Sunshine	La	Plaquemine Point Shipyard	Multiple body parts	Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
An employee descended a ladder inside a barge tank to take depth measurements of the lining. About 2-3 rungs from the bottom of the ladder, he turned and jumped to leap over a puddle of liquid around an inside pump. The employee landed in the liquid, which splashed on his face and eyes. The liquid was caustic and the employee suffered loss of vision in his right eye and third degree burns on his legs.
2021-06-01	Summit	Il	TAC Summit, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
On June 1, 2021, at approximately 5:15 p.m. an employee was cleaning residual material from a tank wagon. When the tank wagon operator opened the meter/pump valves residual rinse water (approximately 200 degrees F) was released from an open hose and splashed onto the employee's legs. The employee was hospitalized for second degree burns on his lower legs.
2021-05-31	East Dublin	Ga	Darling Ingredients, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was priming a sump pump when hot water and steam were released burning his left arm and neck.
2021-05-27	Tilden	Tx	Rhino Operating Company LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was turning on the injection pump at a work site when a pressurized release of water struck the employee causing a laceration to their abdomen and chest and an injury to the left arm.
2021-05-27	Houston	Tx	Carrier Commercial Services	Wrist(s)	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
Two technicians were changing out a compressor on an HVAC chiller. While preparing the chiller for a pump down, the compressor was over pressurized and the copper drain lines burst. As one technician approached the chiller, a piece of the copper drain line hit the technician on the left wrist. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-05-24	Douglasville	Ga	LINCOLN TRUCKING INC.	Multiple body parts	Explosion
An employee was standing near his truck while hot liquid were being loaded into it. The liquid clogged, and while a pump was being used to blow and pull it, there was an explosion. The hot liquid burned the employee's face, hands, and feet.
2021-04-21	Reeves	La	Calcasieu Rentals Inc	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was hauling a load of salt water to an oil well to be pumped into the well. The truck hose was connected to the well. When a valve was opened on the truck, the pressure blew the aluminum hatch off the truck and it struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized for head and shoulder injuries as well as a punctured lung.
2021-04-18	Dumas	Ar	Protein for Pets Opco LLC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was preparing to unload the contents of a tanker. He climbed the tanker ladder to cut off the seal and loosen wing nuts to allow the tanker to pump off. His hand slipped and he fell 8 to 10 feet to the ground and sustained a fractured left arm and three broken left ribs. Has was hospitalized and had surgery.
2021-04-15	Laurel	Mt	CUST-O-FAB Specialty Services, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee and a co-worker were loosening nuts and bolts on a 24-inch, 300-pound flange with hydraulic torque equipment and a reaction arm. The hydraulic torque equipment was not functioning due to pump issues. The co-worker went to inspect it when the pump kicked on and engaged the torquing equipment. The torquing equipment moved the reaction arm, which struck the employee's right-hand index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-04-13	Baton Rouge	La	Sulzer	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was power-tapping a hole in a pump stuffing/packing box using a vertical knee mill. The employee was wiping away metal debris with his gloved hand when the glove became entangled on the rotating tap and pulled the employee's fingers around, cutting through the glove. The employee's left pinky finger was amputated.
2021-04-05	Catarina	Tx	Global Pipeline, LLC	Leg(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was working on a pump skid when the employee was struck on the left leg by the pump skid.
2021-04-01	Christine	Tx	San Miguel Electric Cooperative, Inc.	Eye(s)	Struck against object or equipment
An employee was working on the limits of a conveying ash booster pump discharge valve. When the employee turned, his head struck a straight valve handle, resulting in a laceration to the lower right eyelid.
2021-03-29	Toccoa	Ga	Patterson Pump Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Employees were using an overhead crane to put a 500-pound water pump onto three V-shaped stands. The pump shifted, and an employee's right middle fingertip was amputated at the first knuckle by a hook from a strap on the pump and the stand.
2021-03-27	Yigo	Gu	Smithbridge Guam Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was removing steel pipe from a pump on a water truck when a pipe fell on his right ring finger. The employee sustained a lacerated and twisted finger.
2021-03-25	Lawrenceville	Ga	Carnett's Management Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was repairing a water pump in a car wash. The pump was energized and actuated when a car entered the car wash tunnel. The worker's right hand was caught in the belt/pulley system, resulting in three partial finger amputations on the right hand.
2021-03-23	Houston	Tx	Houston Refining, LP	Wrist(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was working to clear a pump for maintenance and was sprayed with hot oil. He sustained first degree burns to the right wrist and lower portion of his face; and sustained first and second degree burns to his left wrist. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-03-22	Lancaster	Oh	Inferno Concrete Pumping	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell off a truck while working on concrete pump pipes, landing on the ground and suffering a head injury. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-03-16	Dakota	Il	BERNER FOOD & BEVERAGE, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was troubleshooting a vacuum pump connected to a drum containing cream filling. The employee shut off the vacuum pump, disassembled the pump, turned the pump back on, and was trying to remove thick cream around the edge when the pump suction cycled. The employee's left thumb was caught between the base ring and the inside of the pump ferrule housing, and was amputated at the first knuckle from the tip.
2021-03-15	Pleasanton	Tx	MidCentral Energy Services, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a hydraulic torque wrench to loosen the nuts that held a pump's fluid end to the stay rod bolts. His right little finger was caught between the wrench and a nut that the wrench was braced against. His finger was crushed, and he was hospitalized.
2021-03-12	West Monroe	La	Graphic Packaging International	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was switching valves on a pump in the recovery boiler area. While en route to the equipment, the employee entered an area where excavation work was being performed and that was flooded with 6 inches of cloudy water. The employee stepped into an inspection port that was waist high and sustained burns to the lower body from a hot water mixture.
2021-03-08	Olive Branch	Ms	Natureplex Pharmaceuticals	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a blend tank when the pump to the machinery caught his right index finger, amputating the tip.
2021-03-08	Springdale	Ar	George's Processing Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was performing maintenance on a pump when his finger was caught in the rotating pump, resulting in amputation of the distal phalanx of his right index finger.
2021-03-05	Pleasanton	Tx	NexTier Completion Solutions	Eye(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was doing maintenance work on a pump. The employee was sprayed in the face with pressurized hydraulic fluid, which lacerated the employee's right eye. The employee was hospitalized and underwent debridement of the eye.
2021-03-01	South Chicago Heights	Il	Cosmos Manufacturing, Inc.	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee and a coworker were manually transferring a die set (593 pounds) from a maintenance table to an industrial cart. The cart consists of a stationary platform and a lift platform controlled by a chain and hydraulic cylinder operable by foot pump. After the two employees pulled the die set onto the raised lift platform from the table, the chain over the hydraulic cylinder came free from the threaded rod and nut that serve as an anchor point on the stationary platform, causing the lift pl
2021-02-22	Mexico	Mo	HarbisonWalker International, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Two employees were changing the cups in a pump. The pump was started up to put the machine in reverse, which would get the cylinder cup out to the end of the material cylinder so the cup could be removed. The swing tube switched, and an employee's right thumb and index finger were caught in it. The employee suffered amputations to the thumb and finger.
2021-02-13	Dallas	Tx	Circle K	Arm(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on ice when she walked over to a gas pump to help a customer, resulting in a broken left arm.
2021-02-04	Cincinnati	Oh	GE Aviation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A team of three employees were working to pull a sump pump. An employee sustained an amputation of 4-5 cm. of his finger when his finger was caught between the pump and the deck floor.
2021-02-03	Oak Point	Tx	Rangel Masonry	Upper and lower limb(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was manning the hose on a pump truck. The employee's right leg and shoulder were fractured when the ridge of the pump truck tipped over onto the employee.
2021-02-02	Edinburg	Tx	Liberty Lift Solution LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was inspecting a pump jack on top of an aerial lift. The jack unit activated and pinned the employee between a crank arm and a pitman arm. The employee suffered a broken hip and a broken rib.
2021-02-01	Midland	Tx	Halliburton Energy Services	Hand(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
While performing pump maintenance at a well, an employee dropped a fluid end side cap on his left hand resulting in a laceration and broken bones.
2021-02-01	Triadelphia	Wv	Brennan Services	Nonclassifiable	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
Employees had been pumping out oil and gas waste water from a tanker truck. Vapors/fumes from the condensate mixed in with the waste water caught fire when a torpedo heater started up and a spark shot out of the back. Two employees sustained multiple second and third degree burns and were hospitalized.
2021-01-27	Palatka	Fl	Yates Construction, LLC	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
On January 27, 2021, a pipe fitter was changing out the transfer pump when he lost footing on the pump's foundation, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left wrist.
2021-01-22	N Billerica	Ma	South Shore Gunite Pools	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was working on a pump when their finger got caught between a mechanism and its housing, resulting in a fingernail loss and a fingertip amputation.
2021-01-19	Palm Harbor	Fl	Manor Care Health Services, LLC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking to the end of a resident's bed to use the controls for a lift when her feet got tangled with the cord for the air mattress pump, causing a trip and fall. The employee suffered a broken right hip that required surgery.
2021-01-15	Mulberry	Fl	SOUTH EAST INDUSTRIAL SALES AND SERVICE, INC.	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was disconnecting a hose from a portable transfer pump when residual sulfuric acid sprayed out of the hose and contacted the employee, resulting in chemical burns to both legs from the thighs to below the knees that required hospitalization. Personal protective equipment was worn at the time of the incident.
2021-01-14	Tuscaloosa	Al	The Bridge Builders of Alabama LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was assisting a hydraulic pump operator in positioning steel plates between the underside of a bridge and its support structure when the employee's right hand got caught between two steel plates, resulting in a cut on his middle finger and an amputation of his index finger to the first knuckle.
2021-01-12	Fort Myers	Fl	United Rentals, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was servicing a pump when a radiator hose released coolant onto the employee, resulting in burns on their chest, abdomen, and right leg.
2021-01-05	Athens	Ga	RWDC Industries	Nonclassifiable	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was opening a valve to prepare it to be drained of sulfuric acid when a pump failed and sulfuric acid sprayed onto the employee causing chemical burns.
2021-01-04	Estero	Fl	Southwest Utility Systems, Inc.	Wrist(s)	Entangled in other object or equipment
An employee went to release a kink in a flexible hose of a dewatering system/pump when his fingers got caught between the hose, resulting in injuries to three fingers and a dislocated wrist on right hand.
2020-10-19	Inez	Tx	Hawkins Lease Service, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was trying to bolt up approximately 15 feet of pipe to a spool piece coming out of the pump intake. As he was trying to insert a gasket, the spool piece dropped on his hand and amputated part of his pinky finger.
2020-10-05	Cleveland	Oh	KAG Specialty Products Group	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
A mechanic was moving a pump into a trailer when the pump slipped and fell onto the employee's right middle finger causing a fracture and a fingertip amputation.
2020-09-18	Beaver	Pa	GAI Consultants	Hip(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
An employee was checking sensors on sump pumps and fell approximately 5 feet into the opening of the sump vault. The employee sustained a fractured hip.
2020-09-18	Channelview	Tx	Circor Refinery Valves	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Two maintenance employees were replacing an oil pressure pump coupling on a moving table bridge mill. The cutter dropped from the spindle and amputated the injured employee's right thumb below the fingernail.
2020-09-14	Helena	Mt	Montana Valley Irrigation, LLC	Hand(s)	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was replacing a 25hp electric agricultural water pump in an irrigation pumphouse and received an electric shock of 480 volts. The employee sustained burns to the hands.
2020-09-09	Beaumont	Tx	Energy Transfer Operating, L.P.	Nonclassifiable	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee entered the subfloor to survey the area before submitting a plan for repair. There is a submersible pump and an electrical outlet for the pump to plug into under the subfloor. The employee touched an electrical source and sustained an electrical shock. The employee sustained a burn injury, internal damage, and was rendered unconscious. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-09-08	Harveysburg	Oh	Tincher's Welding LLC	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was pumping a hydraulic actuator when a concrete panel fell on the employee causing scrapes on the right side of the employee's back and the right ankle.
2020-09-08	Odessa	Tx	A & W Energy	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was removing a fracturing pump suction/discharge manifold. The discharge manifold shifted, and his right index finger was pinched between it and the suction manifold. The top part of the finger was amputated.
2020-09-07	Fort Morgan	Co	Western Sugar Cooperative	Shoulder(s) and arm(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
Two maintenance employees were inspecting the Omega coupling on the high melter pump. During inspection, the employees realized the shaft on the pump was broken rather than the coupling. The maintenance supervisor was going to locate a rebuilt seal assembly for the pump. The employees started removing the seal assembly from the pump. As one of the employees removed the base plate bolts from the pump, the head pressure from the high melter tank pushed the seal assembly out of the pump casing and
2020-09-01	Middlebourne	Wv	Sharp Oilfield Services	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was climbing onto a frack pump. He fell to the ground about 5 feet below, suffering a broken arm.
2020-08-27	Atlanta	Ga	Latino Enterprises, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was trying to replace the gasket on a pump before replacing the hose. When the employee tried to fully seat the gasket, the pump impellers amputated the tip of his finger.
2020-08-24	Fairlawn	Oh	The Village of St. Edward	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was changing out the capacitor on the blower motor of a heat pump. After the swap out, he turned the power back on, but the blower motor was not working. He reached under the unit and disconnected the 277-volt power. The employee was then electrocuted and dropped to the floor.
2020-08-24	Greene	Ny	C&D LaFace Construction, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport
An employee was filling a wall using a grout pump that was mounted on the elevated forks of a telehandler. The lift tipped forward and the pump struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the head, ribs, eye, and hand.
2020-08-20	Horace	Nd	Bobs Concrete	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee of Bobs Concrete was struck by the boom of a concrete pumping truck after the truck's outrigger shifted. The employee suffered a broken collarbone and a hand laceration.
2020-08-18	Lakewood Ranch	Fl	AR Y MASONRY, INC	Leg(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was standing on a baker's scaffold, pumping concrete into a concrete block wall. A 4-inch drop in the concrete slab caused the scaffold to lean against the wall. The impact broke the employee's leg.
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.
2020-08-10	Oshkosh	Wi	Pepsi Beverages Company	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee opened a T-handle valve on a tanker truck. The running pump caused the valve to slam shut on the employee's left ring finger, amputating the tip.
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.
2020-08-06	Philadelphia	Pa	Molly Construction	Pelvis	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was preparing a concrete pump to fill a concrete truck hopper when the employee was struck by the concrete truck, resulting in a crushed pelvis.
2020-08-02	Houston	Tx	Monument Chemical	Thigh(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
A pump coupling failed and caused objects to fly in the air and strike an employee. The employee received two lacerations to the inner left thigh.
2020-07-30	Boston	Massachusett	Northeastern Mechanical, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was running a controls and equipment test on a chiller. One of the pumps started up, causing a spark. The employee was burned.
2020-07-30	Quinton	Alabama	Trans Ash, Inc	Lower leg(s)	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was operating an excavator to excavate coal combustion residual (CCR) from below ground to create a sump. The sump was being excavated to a lower elevation to allow water to be collected at the bottom and pumped into a ditch. The surface material the excavator was placed on set down vertically approximately 6 to 8 feet. The employee then jumped off the excavator and landed on the ground resulting in a fractured left tibia.