Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at C&J Energy Services, Inc., Oxy Usa Inc. Granada 11-14H (wellsite), PECOS, TEXAS 79772
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
While conducting rig-up operations, two employees were carrying a 2-inch joint of iron piping when the first employee dropped the joint on the second employee's finger. His right middle finger was crushed between the falling pipe and piping that was on the ground, resulting in an amputation.
An employee was attaching a sucker rod "birdie" to remove rods. The employee's left hand was pinched between the sucker rod and a tong winch line. The employee suffered a broken finger and a fingertip amputation.
An employee was moving metal material when one of the employee's right fingers was caught between the material, resulting in a traumatic amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was grabbing a stand pipe from a 'V' chute to guide it when the pipe swung out. The employee then fell approximately 15 feet, breaking ribs and the hip.
An employee stepped off of the back of a trailer and placed his foot on the bumper. His foot slipped and was caught between the bumper and the trailer resulting in a fracture.
The injured employee was standing at the base of a ladder assisting another employee install a TV on a wall. The TV was dropped, striking the employee. They sustained a head injury.
An employee and a colleague were moving two pieces of rebar when a tie was cut. The employee holding the rebar dropped it while it was above the injured employee's hands, resulting in partial amputation to their left middle finger.
An employee was bracing an extension ladder while his coworker installed a 10-foot, 40-45-pound pipe. The pipe fell onto the injured employee's head and he sustained a hematoma, C3 and C4 vertebral fractures and a forehead laceration.
An employee was helping to lift a press roll in to fix an issue that was occurring. A co-worker lost their grip and the press roll fell onto the injured employee's left index finger, resulting in a crush injury and amputation.
Three employees were removing equipment from an old fermentation room at a bakery. They were using two bakery dollies to remove metal plates from the floor of the room. One of them was holding one of the metal dollies with his right hand on the side of the dolly, as a plate was being centered on the two dollies. The plate slipped and struck his right thumb, which was amputated near the last joint.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 211111)
An employee was slipping pipe when it became stuck and the pipe snapped, striking the employee in the back and ribs. The employee sustained fractured ribs.
An employee was standing on an injector head feeding chain with a rope, when the rope broke, causing him to lose his balance and fall to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to his left elbow and three ribs.
An employee was pulling drill line from the drill spool while the top drive was not set on the docking pins. The deadman was unexpectedly released which caused the top drive to fall to the drill floor from a height of 30 feet. This caused the drill line that was being pulled out and laid on the ground to retract and strike an employee. The employee suffered fractures to his legs and neck.
An employee was conducting maintenance on a pipe and was using a T-bar tool to secure the retainer cap on a pump. The employee's left index finger was caught in the rotating pump, resulting in a partial amputation.
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 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.