Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ronald Lane Inc, D1 Pipeline access #8, WAYNESBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 15370
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee slipped and twisted his right ankle while attempting to carry a 50-pound bag of seed, fracturing his fibula and tibia.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
On March 10, 2015, at approximately 1:40 p.m., an employee was using a tag line to guide pipe being moved by a trackhoe operator. As the pipe was turned near the well pad, the employee tripped and fell on the blind side of the trackhoe. The trackhoe ran over the employee's left leg, resulting in hospitalization and amputation.
An employee was working from a platform ladder, spraying a tank with water to clean it. The employee slipped; as she tried to steady herself, her right middle finger was caught in a pinch point. The fingertip was amputated and she was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was working on a baker scaffold when he slipped, causing his left arm to strike the railing. His left arm was punctured from a stacking pin on the scaffold frame.
An employee was working on a washer. He was standing behind the machine and walked through the hydraulic absorbent pad. As he walked around the machine he slipped and put his hand down to brace himself. The employee contacted the machine's belt and pulley, resulting in a hand injury. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.
An employee was stepping down off a 6-inch containment platform to finish loading his truck, when his right ankle rolled. The employee sustained a fractured tibia and fibula at the right ankle and required surgery.
A service crew was pulling a pump and motor from a well. After breaking a joint of pipe loose from another joint, an employee grabbed the chain tongs to prevent the pipe from spinning in the well, so the crew could continue taking it apart. The bolt that attaches the chain to the handle of the chain tongs broke, causing the chain to swing around and strike the employee's lower right leg. The chain severely punctured his leg and fractured his tibia.
An employee arrived on location and loaded a blow-out-preventer (BOP) on a 1-ton flatbed truck. While standing on the flatbed securing the the BOP, the employee stepped into a void/hole on the flatbed surface. This caused him to lose balance and fall off the truck bed with his leg still caught in the hole. As a result, he sustained fractures to his left leg.
An employee was rigging up a location. He was using an Allen wrench to free up rotation and start the drawworks engine manually. The engine rotated and his left little finger became caught between the Allen wrench and the engine. The employee sustained an amputation to his little finger and fractures to his wrist.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.