| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-04 | Ashtabula | Oh | Grand River Rubber & Plastics Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee operating an auto separator pulled a broken piece of rubber out of the machine. When the employee freed up the piece of rubber, the machine's plucker activated and caught their finger, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2021-07-18 | Wausau | Wi | O'Brien Steel Service Co. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee slipped a separator over the end of the beam and was using a 10-ton overhead crane to lift the beam. As the employee was placing a wood block in place, the separator slipped off the end of the beam, and the beam fell onto the employee's left index finger. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-07-04 | Newark | Nj | Allied Extruders, Inc. | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was feeding film into a separator machine when their hand got caught in the rollers, resulting in the removal of skin from their fingers and hand. | |||||
| 2021-03-16 | Carrollton | Ga | SOUTHWIRE COMPANY, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting an oil separator and suffered amputation of their right ring finger below the first joint. The machine was not shut down or locked out at the time. | |||||
| 2020-09-18 | Dalton | Ga | JCG FARMS OF ALABAMA, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A separator operator in training was loading chick buggies onto the chain conveyor of a separator machine. The employee noticed a crooked tray on a buggy entering the separator and placed his right foot on the chain conveyor to reach into the machine and straighten the tray. The next buggy moved forward and caught the employee's leg against the conveyor fracturing his tibia and fibula near the ankle. | |||||
| 2020-07-14 | Williston | North Dakota | Borsheim Builder Supply, Inc. | Arm(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was working as a rigger for a crane that was putting a separator on a trailer. The rigging slipped as the load touched down and the chain struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a compound fracture of the left arm. | |||||
| 2020-07-01 | Longview | Texas | Patriot Process Equipment Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was installing a 10-foot long pipe to a new separator. The pipe came loose and struck the employee's thumb against a support bracket. The thumb tip was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2020-04-02 | Kersey | Colorado | Consolidated Resource, LLC. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was performing maintenance on a vertical two-phase separator. The employee was reconfiguring the sight glass and using various wrenches to loosen the existing fittings and tighten the new fittings. The fitting that connected the vessel to the sight glass piping broke behind the closed valve. The swage (fitting that broke) caused the pressurized hydrocarbons to release into the air, which found an ignition source and started a fire. The employee received second and third degree burns | |||||
| 2020-02-21 | Newport | Arkansas | Granges Americas Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was manually rotating the rubber ironing roll of a separator to back-thread the tail through the machine in order to make a splice. After making a couple of rotations, the employee's right index finger was caught between the rubber roll and the material on the arbor roll, pinching and causing a partial amputation of the left side of the employee's right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-09-23 | Pulaski | Pennsylvania | IPC Services, LLC | Head | Vehicle or machinery fire |
| An employee was standing near a low-pressure separator. A flash fire in the separator caused a hose to become detached. The hose struck the employee in the head. Fire was coming out of the hose when it became detached and the employee was burned on the head as well. The employee was hospitalized for a head injury and burns. | |||||
| 2019-09-19 | Austin | Texas | Austin HLK,Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was replacing a separator cap on a back engine on a sweeping truck when the blades on the radiator fan amputated two of the employee's fingertips. | |||||
| 2019-08-02 | Coushatta | Louisiana | Jaguar Energy Services, LLC | Multiple body parts | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was closing a 2-inch ball valve on a test separator to make repairs to the down side of a low-pressure sand knockout. The employee was about 2 to 3 feet from the ball valve as he closed it; when he got the valve three-quarters closed, the bell reducer pipe on the back side of the ball valve separated in two, releasing pressure in the test separator. The employee suffered sand blast burns to the left side of his body, a broken arm, a sprained ankle, a fractured back vertebra, and a he | |||||
| 2019-07-03 | Waverly | Nebraska | Tecumseh Poultry - Smart Chicken | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was performing a preventive maintenance procedure on a drum/thigh separator when the employee's finger contacted the blade, resulting in a right ring fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2019-06-10 | Johnstown | Colorado | Mundt Energy Services LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was reinserting a burner tube into a separator when his left index finger was caught between the tube and separator, amputation the top half-inch of his finger. | |||||
| 2019-05-08 | Coleman | Texas | BMW Services LLC | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was assembling a separator vessel onto a concrete slab when the vessel became unstable and fell onto the employee's right leg breaking it. | |||||
| 2019-03-04 | Nacogdoches | Texas | Pilgrim?s Pride Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was picking up a basket of product from the floor. The segmenter blade in a wing separator machine amputated his left middle and ring fingers and part of his little finger. | |||||
| 2018-09-15 | Albertville | Alabama | Stellar Management Group II, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning the pan under a separator water reuse screen. His left hand touched the screen drum gear, and it amputated the tips of his index and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2018-07-27 | Guymon | Oklahoma | QVEST LLC | Lower leg(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was cleaning the front foot separator saw when their foot was caught in the pull chain causing an open fracture and amputation of his right lower leg. | |||||
| 2018-06-18 | Cactus | Texas | JBS Swift & Company | Upper arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was closing a separator when a pipe popped off, releasing tallow that burned the employee's left upper arm. | |||||
| 2018-05-18 | Longview | Texas | Global Vessel & Tank, LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| During an unloading operation, an employee was struck by a separator after it was unstrapped from a trailer, suffering internal injuries and a fractured pelvis. | |||||
| 2018-03-10 | Oakwood | Georgia | Primex Plastics Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On March 10, 2018, at approximately 2:45 a.m., a temporary employee (injured employee) was assisting another employee operating the carpet separator. The injured employee's right hand entered an unguarded area of the rotary lock system resulting in amputation of the middle finger. | |||||
| 2017-10-02 | Mc Calla | Alabama | POSCO AAPC LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a separator to process a coil for final packaging when his right hand was caught between the separator and the coil, amputating his ring finger and lacerating his middle finger. | |||||
| 2017-09-09 | Odessa | Texas | SELECT ENERGY SERVICES | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was attempting to replace a gasket in a valve on a separator trailer when he fell and struck a tire rim that was on the ground, breaking ribs and suffering spleen damage. | |||||
| 2017-08-07 | High Point | North Caroli | U. S. Postal Service | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was delivering mail to a business, tripped over a wooden walkway separator and fell striking a concrete planter and breaking several ribs. | |||||
| 2017-08-03 | Alma | West Virgini | Jay-Bee Oil and Gas, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| On August 3, 2017, at approximately 9:00 a.m., an employee was tending a well while standing between two gas production units approximately 15 feet from a sand separator. At that time, a threaded pipe that was going into the top of the sand separator blew apart. The pipe separated at a 90 degree elbow and released approximately 2,300 lbs. of pressure. The gas from the line projected down towards the ground and the employee's skin was struck by ground debris. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-08-01 | Mahwah | New Jersey | Rutan Poly Industries, INC | Arm(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| While relocating a 12-inch separator, an employee's arm got wedged between the separator and a wall. The employee sustained a broken left arm. | |||||
| 2017-05-09 | Coyanosa | Texas | Rock Water Energy Solutions | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was participating in a flow back operation when a sand separator tipped and fell onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a broken femur and a broken hip. | |||||
| 2017-05-09 | Mc Calla | Alabama | POSCO AAPC LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was banding the coil on a recoiling machine when the coil came off of the track during the recoiling stage. The employee made some adjustments so the coil would line up correctly. A coworker then placed the separator down and used the manual control panel to finish the recoiling process. At that time, the employee's glove was caught between the lapse of the coil and was crushed by the separator, causing an amputation of the left ring finger. | |||||
| 2017-01-19 | Heavener | Oklahoma | OK Foods, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was removing chicken wing totes from beneath a wing separator. The employee reached up under the wing separator to retrieve a hanging chicken piece and contacted the separator. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated above the nailbed. | |||||
| 2016-05-25 | Watonga | Oklahoma | Testco, Inc. | Skull | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
| An employee was plumbing in a separator on a natural gas line that had pressure in it. The line blew up and knocked the employee to the ground, spraying him with dirt and rocks. He fractured his skull and suffered cuts to his arms. | |||||
| 2016-03-04 | Panama City | Florida | National Boiler Service, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was replacing a bearing in a space heater when his leather glove was caught at the edge of the separator bar (the rotating mechanism inside of the heater) as it turned. His right thumb was caught between the separator bar and the outer shroud (the heater's fan with a filtration system) and was amputated from the first joint. | |||||
| 2016-02-21 | Waxahachie | Texas | Owens Corning, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On or about February 21, 2016, at approximately 9:40 a.m., an employee operating a wool separator machine was attempting to clear a jam when his hand was caught in the machine. He suffered an avulsion that required hospitalization for stitches. | |||||
| 2015-03-13 | Houma | Louisiana | ASAP Industries, LLC | Arm(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was pressure-testing a sand separator in a test booth. The employee entered the test booth to remove a plug on the sand separator. Before entering, he turned off the water hose and turned on the high-pressure pump. As he removed the plug, a failure occurred. The employee sustained a broken arm, and the plug was embedded in his arm. | |||||