Midland Texas – Machine Injury & Accidents

Midland Texas is a city of about 190,000 people in west central Texas. It is the county seat of Midland County and the largest city in the metropolitan area which includes Abilene, Odessa, and Wichita Falls. Midland was founded in 1881 as a stop on the Chisholm Trail. The city’s economy is based on agriculture, oil production, and manufacturing. Midland also has a large machinery industry, and as a result, it has a high rate of machinery accidents. In recent years, Midland has made efforts to address the problem of machinery accidents by enacting new safety laws and by increasing funding for safety programs.

Manufacturing Companies

There are many manufacturing companies located in Midland Texas, including

Don-Nan Pump and Supply Co., Inc.
Natural Gas Services Group, Inc.
Total Rod Concepts, Inc.
Black Star Energy Services, L.L.C.
Nitrogen Services LLC
Rack Industries, LLC
Charger Services, LLC

Belvan Corp & Davis Gas Processing, A Joint Venture
Belvan Partners, L.P.
Steward Enterprises, Inc.
Ignition Systems & Controls, Inc.
Composite Lining Systems, L.P.
Aggietech Energy Services, LLC
Horizon Mud Co., Inc.

These companies create products that are used by consumers all over the United States and around the world.

Machinery Accidents

A lot of machinery accidents happen in Midland Texas. In fact, it’s one of the top locations for industrial accidents per capita in the United States. There are a few reasons for this. One is that Midland is a major transportation hub, and there are a lot of industrial plants and warehouses nearby. If you have been injured in an accident with a machinery, contact a Midland Tx machinery accident lawyer as soon as possible. This will help protect your legal rights and ensure that you get the compensation you deserve. A knowledgeable lawyer can help you file a claim and deal with the insurance company on your behalf.

In recent years, there have been a number of machinery accidents in Midland Texas. Here are a few examples:

AccidentDate	Employer	City	State	Description	Injury	Body Part	Event	Injury Source	Other Injury Source
08/11/2021	Sunset Well Service, Inc.	Midland	Tx	An employee was performing maintenance on rig tongs. The rig tongs became energized and pinched the employee's gloved hand, and their left ring finger was amputated at the first knuckle.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Oil drilling rigs and machinery
19/10/2021	SPM Oil & Gas	Midland	Tx	An employee was supervising the loading of trucks onto a trailer. He fell from the trailer, suffering a closed fracture to the left wrist and a fracture to the left upper femur.	Fractures	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level	Trailers	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
06/10/2021	Walmart	Midland	Tx	An employee had been changing a vehicle's oil. The employee fell to the floor and suffered a head injury.	Intracranial injuries	Brain	Fall, slip, trip	Nonclassifiable
04/10/2021	Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC	Midland	Tx	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.	Intracranial injuries	Brain	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle	Machine and appliance parts	Oil drilling rigs and machinery
01/10/2021	Pratt & Whitney Engine Services, Inc.	Midland	Ga	An employee was climbing down a 4-foot ladder, missed a step and fell to the ground. The employee suffered a left hip injury and was hospitalized.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Ladders	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
22/07/2021	Agri-Empresa LLC	Midland	Tx	A temporary employee was cutting IBC bags of barite into a metal hopper to unload product. The employee's left hand was on the edge of the hopper as a forklift approached with a bag. The employee's pinky finger was caught between the hopper and the bag resulting in a partial amputation.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
20/07/2021	Downing Wellhead Equipment, LLC	Midland	Tx	Employees were screwing a running tool into a wellhead assembly. The injured employee's finger was in the wellhead assembly checking alignment when the assembly was manually rotated and the running tool amputated the employee's left index fingertip.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Oil drilling rigs and machinery
09/07/2021	Sand Revolution II	Midland	Tx	On July 9, 2021, employees were operating a mobile conveyor belt to load sand into a silo. The conveyor was experiencing belt issues and was being replaced with a new conveyor. The injured employee was operating the conveyor to fold it up so that it could be transported when the conveyor struck an overhead electrical line. The resulting arc flash burned the employee's left hand fingers.	Electrical burns	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts	Power lines, transformers, convertors	Conveyors-belt
09/06/2021	Lucky Services, Inc.	Midland	Tx	Employees were moving an oil rig's horse head out of the way so they could install a blowout preventer. As the operator picked up the winch lines, the two floor hands began moving the horse head to the side. The horse head flipped over, and an employee's finger was caught in the winch line and the horse head's bridle cable. The finger was lacerated and the fingertip was amputated above the nailbed.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Oil drilling rigs and machinery
08/06/2021	SVT: Supply Chain Solutions	Midland	Ga	An employee was walking over to a forklift in order to talk with the forklift operator when the forklift backed out into the aisleway, striking the employee's right ankle. The employee sustained fractures to the right foot and toes as well as dislocations and was hospitalized.	Fractures and dislocations	Multiple foot (feet) locations	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
25/05/2021	HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC	Midland	Tx	An employee fell about 20 feet from an aerial lift while pulling cables.	Traumatic injuries and disorders	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet	Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted	Nonclassifiable
11/05/2021	Permian Basin Aire Serv, LLC	Midland	Tx	An employee was removing some equipment on a job site. While climbing a ladder, the employee fell 10 to 12 feet and landed on the left side of their back. The employee was hospitalized.	Traumatic injuries and disorders	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet	Ladders	Nonclassifiable
29/04/2021	Sand Revolution II	Midland	Tx	An employee was covering an area of frac sand with a tarp to prevent rain damage. A gust of wind pulled the tarp while he adjusting it, and he slipped and fell off a ladder to the ground. He landed on his left hand and elbow, suffering a broken ulna.	Fractures	Forearm(s)	Other fall to lower level	Movable ladders	High winds, gusts, turbulence
07/04/2021	Advanced Stimulation Technologies, Inc	Midland	Tx	An employee was using an impact torque wrench on a fluid end cap when the wrench spun and crushed the tip of his right middle finger.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker	Impact wrenches-powered
26/02/2021	Noltex Truss	Midland	Tx	An employee had been moving a scrap bin. The employee was struck by a forklift, which ran over the employee's lower leg and broke it.	Fractures	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
19/02/2021	Akita Drilling USA Corp.	Midland	Tx	An employee was working on a drilling rig floor. A piece of ice that had frozen to the drilling mast melted and fell off, landing on the employee's back and breaking three vertebrae.	Fractures	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part	Ice, sleet, snow	Oil drilling rigs and machinery
10/02/2021	Circle 8 Crane Services, LLC	Midland	Tx	The sheaves of the crane were frozen due to ice and snow conditions, which caused a backlash with the auxiliary cable of the crane. The operator attempted to straighten out the backlash on the superstructure near the drum. The frozen sheave freed itself, allowing the cable to run, and the operator's right arm got tangled in the cable. The operator sustained an open fracture of the humerus and a dislocation of the radius.	Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries	Multiple arm locations	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Cranes	Ice, sleet, snow
05/02/2021	The Bosworth Company	Midland	Tx	An employee was on a roof accessing a component of an HVAC system when they fell off the roof approximately 10 feet onto a brick walkway, resulting in a fractured pelvis.	Fractures	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet	Roofs	Sidewalk, path, outdoor walkway-paved
01/02/2021	Halliburton Energy Services	Midland	Tx	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.	Fractures	Hand(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker	Caps, lids, covers
25/01/2021	Dependable Well Service	Midland	Tx	An employee was running hot oil down tubing when his truck caught on fire. The employee sustained third degree burns to both hands.	Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns	Hand(s)	Vehicle or machinery fire	Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility
14/10/2020	Jones Brothers Dirt and Paving	Midland	Tx	An employee was struck by a reversing skid steer. The employee sustained a fractured left foot that required hospitalization and surgery.	Fractures	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area	Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
12/10/2020	MDV SPARTANNASH, LLC	Midland	Ga	An employee was operating a powered pallet jack as part of PIT training when the pallet jack struck a warehouse storage rack. His foot was caught between the pallet jack and the rack. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to two toes.	Fractures	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident	Pallet jack-powered	Racks-garment and other
05/10/2020	Thru Tubing Solutions-Downhole Tools & Service	Midland	Tx	Employees were disconnecting a motor tool with a pipe wrench. The pipe fell approximately 6 inches, pinning an employee's finger between the motor tool and the hand rails. The right pinky fingertip was amputated.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment	Nonclassifiable
27/08/2020	The Bosworth Company	Midland	Tx	Two employees were throwing away a toilet in a dumpster. One employee's left middle finger was lodged between the toilet and the dumpster rim, resulting in an amputation of the fingertip.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Toilets, urinals	Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
21/06/2020	Michelin Tire Corp.	Midland City	Alabama	The injured employee was showing a maintenance employee where a problem was on a piece of machinery when their right hand was crushed between the machine's frame and the transfer carriage.	Crushing injuries	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Machinery
07/05/2020	MDV SPARTANNASH, LLC	Midland	Georgia	On May 07, 2020, at 8:30 a.m., an employee was operating a powered pallet jack when a co-worker operating another powered pallet jack struck his pallet jack, causing him to lose control of his pallet jack. He crashed into a rack, pinning his ankle between his pallet jack and the rack.	Fractures	Ankle(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident	Pallet jack-powered	Racks-garment and other
01/05/2020	DS Services of America, Inc.	Midland	Texas	An employee was adjusting a forklift's fork extender chain. The chain lacerated three fingers on the employee's right hand. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.	Cuts, lacerations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
25/04/2020	MDV SPARTANNASH, LLC	Midland	Georgia	On April 25, 2020, at approximately 2:00 a.m., an employee was being trained to use an electric pallet jack (PIT). While going in reverse, he lost control of the electric pallet jack and let go of the arm. As he let go of the arm, he stepped off the jack and his left leg was pinned against a rack. He suffered a lower left leg fracture.	Fractures	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident	Pallet jack-powered	Racks-garment and other
07/04/2020	Propetro Services Inc.	Midland	Texas	An employee was using a pressure washer to wash grease off of equipment. The employee was moving the power washer wand from side to side, when the wand went across his right foot. The pressurized spray cut through his boot and caused abrasions and lacerations to his right foot. The employee was hospitalized.	Cuts and abrasions or bruises	Foot (feet)	Struck by discharged object or substance	Pressurized water-blast	Power washers
22/03/2020	Cotton Patch Cafe	Midland	Texas	An employee fell from a roof while looking for a circuit breaker. The employee landed on the ground and suffered a traumatic brain injury.	Intracranial injuries	Brain	Other fall to lower level	Roofs	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
14/03/2020	Sam's Club	Midland	Texas	An associate was stabbed while trying to save customers from a person with a knife. He was stabbed in the leg and suffered hand injuries that required surgery.	Open wounds	Upper and lower limb(s)	Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing	Assailant, suspect	Knives or n.e.c.
27/02/2020	JTA Service, LLC	Midland	Texas	An employee was checking a pumping unit to see if the belt was loose. The pumping unit activated and the belt amputated this right pinky fingertip.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.	Oil drilling rigs and machinery
21/02/2020	Universal Pressure Pumping	Midland	Texas	An employee was bending down to pick up a hose to connect to a pump to pressurize it when he felt pain. He was hospitalized and required surgery for a hernia.	Hernias due to traumatic incidents	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode	Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
21/02/2020	G & M Electrical Contractors, LLC	Midland City	Alabama	An employee was working on the top section of a 4,160-volt switch gear. The employee's hat fell into the bottom section of the switch gear, and an arc flash burned the employee's face and left hand as he was retrieving it.	Electrical burns	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts	Switchboards, switches, fuses
21/02/2020	Lauren Engineers and Constructors	Midland	Texas	An employee's left index fingertip was caught in a folding cement chute, resulting in a fingertip amputation.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Chutes
03/02/2020	Titan Petro Services	Midland	Texas	While exiting the doghouse of a nitrogen unit, an employee fell from a ladder to the ground, suffering a back injury.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level	Ladders	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
17/09/2019	Basic Energy Services	Midland	Texas	An employee was helping re-spool the winch line on a tubing tester truck when the line caught his right hand. Four fingers were amputated.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility
27/08/2019	Forza Pipeline Services	Midland	Texas	An employee was struck in the leg by a pipe and sustained a fracture.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment	Pipes, ducts, tubing
15/08/2019	A&T Stainless Midland	Midland	Pennsylvania	An employee was beginning to descend a three-step stairway when he lost balance and suffered a partially torn quadriceps tendon.	Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments	Thigh(s)	Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode	Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker	Stairs, steps
07/08/2019	Tri-Point Oil and Gas LLC	Midland	Texas	An employee had climbed onto a plasma cutter table to retrieve cut-outs. While the employee was stepping off of the plasma table, part of the grate bent, causing him to fall and hit his head on the plasma track. He suffered a large laceration on top of his head.	Cuts, lacerations	Scalp	Other fall to lower level	Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
06/08/2019	Loftin Equipment Company	Midland	Texas	An employee was opening a vessel's pump valve when hot pressurized water inside the vessel splashed out and sprayed the employee. The employee received second degree burns to the legs, chest, and arms.	Second degree heat (thermal) burns	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances	Water
05/08/2019	Cowtown Materials	Midland	Texas	An employee helping to unload a telehandler had his hand caught between the telehandler's carriage and the wall board.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Hand(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c	Wallboard, drywall, sheetrock
04/08/2019	Drilling Tools International, Inc.	Midland	Texas	An employee was washing a drill stabilizer (100 pounds per foot, about 8 feet to 10 feet long) when it fell, striking the employee on the right foot between the big toe and the second toe. The big toe was medically amputated.	Amputations	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment	Machine and appliance parts
01/08/2019	Simon Roofing and Sheet Metal Corporation	Midland	Pennsylvania	Two employees were replacing roofing panels from the platform of a lift. The lift made a sudden upward movement, causing one employee to hit a steel beam above. The employee suffered head injuries and was hospitalized.	Intracranial injuries	Brain	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted	Girders, beams, structural steel
28/06/2019	Endeavor Energy Resources - Roustabout Division	Midland	Texas	An employee was standing on a ladder trying to remove an anode when the anode struck him and he fell 4 feet off the ladder onto a dirt berm. He landed on his right waist area and was hospitalized with kidney and liver lacerations.	Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Ladders	Electric parts, n.e.c.
16/06/2019	Buchannon Oilfield Services, LLC	Midland	Texas	An employee was teaching another employee how to operate a backhoe. He was standing on the top step by the cab when the other employee hit a rough area. He then fell off the backhoe to the ground, breaking his left upper femur just below the pelvis area.	Fractures	Thigh(s)	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway	Backhoes, trackhoes	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
05/06/2019	Endeavor Energy Resources, LP	Midland	Texas	An employee was sandblasting from a scaffold. The scaffold fell and the employee struck the ground, suffering broken vertebrae.	Fractures	Nonclassifiable	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment	Scaffolds-staging	Ground, n.e.c.
29/05/2019	Pro Petro Services, Inc.	Midland	Texas	Employees were replacing a gasket on a well head that was tied to a crane. When they removed the bolts from the flange, the well head tipped over and fell onto the injured employee. Both of the employee's shoulder blades (scapula) were fractured as well as multiple vertebrae.	Fractures	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment	Oil drilling rigs and machinery
07/05/2019	Sand Box Logistics	Midland	Texas	An employee removed the radiator cap and was sprayed in the face by hot liquid. The employee suffered burns to the face.	Heat (thermal) burns	Face	Contact with hot objects or substances	Antifreeze	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
03/05/2019	Big E Drilling Co	Midland	Texas	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.	Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury	Eye(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue	Petroleum fuels, distillates, and products
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