Dawson Geophysical

An employee was attempting to repair a vibration pad. While working on the pad, the employee was sitting on the battery box. When the employee connected two wires, the vibration pad raised up and pinched the employee's ankle, breaking it.

An employee was performing maintenance on a remote seismic vibrator when his right pinky finger became caught in the locking mechanism, amputating it at the first knuckle.

An employee was emptying and cleaning a trash container when he noticed a bite on his ribcage. The employee was hospitalized for a poisonous spider bite.

An employee was bitten by a copperhead snake while loading firewood.

An employee was working an investigation. He pulled a trash can from a suspect s house and was bitten by fire ants. On the way back to the office the employee developed hives and went into anaphylactic shock. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was stung multiple times by bees while they were in a field. He suffered a severe allergic reaction and was hospitalized.

An employee was picking up brush and debris for storm restorations when their left index finger was bitten by a copperhead snake.

An employee was performing surveying work and was actively engaged in laying out geophysical nodes as part of a seismic exploration project. This task required the employee to carry and place geophysical equipment at specific intervals along the survey path, under outdoor environmental conditions. The employee sustained heat stroke.

An employee was opening a metal gate and went to open the lock when a wasp stung her hand. The employee sustained an allergic reaction.

At about 9:15 a.m. on March 10, 2025, an employee was riding along a hardpack snow-covered roadway on a snowmobile. The snowmobile went over a berm and tipped/rolled, causing the employee to fall to the ground. He suffered a collapsed left lung and was hospitalized.

A survey instrument operator was watching the survey crew chief perform a topographic survey on an existing bridge abutment wingwall. The employee moved down the side slope behind the wingwall to take survey shots of the top of the wingwall. He slipped and fell over a 15-foot abutment wall, onto wood brush and the ground below, landing on his back. The employee sustained a fractured vertebra in his back.

An employee was working on the outside of the facility when they were struck by a forklift, resulting in fractures to their nose, three ribs, and left leg.

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.