Big E Drilling

A generator was being replaced on a drilling rig. The 3700 pound generator was lifted and held with a chain attached and carried by an all terrain forklift. While the injured employee was pushing the generator with two other employees, the chain holding the generator slid from the forks of the all terrain forklift and fell backwards onto the employees. The injured employee sustained rib fractures.

An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.

An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.

An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.

An employee was working on a compressor panel when they lost consciousness due to heat stress, causing the employee to fall to the ground. They sustained five rib fractures and were hospitalized.

A well tender was working on a gas pipeline when gas ignited. The employee sustained burns to their face.

An employee was trying to raise the mast of a service rig. Something let loose or moved, causing his right hand to be caught. He suffered lacerations to fingers on the hand.

An employee was filling forklift cylinders with propane gas when the nozzle connected to the cylinder released and the employee was burned by the propane gas.

An employee slipped and fell while walking resulting in broken ribs.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.