Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Select Energy Services, LLC, Middle Knott 21415, KNOTT, TEXAS 79748
on — Fractures, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was measuring tank levels when he slipped and fell on the slick/muddy ground. He broke a vertebra in his back and was hospitalized.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedGround, n.e.c.
More severe injuries at Select Energy Services, LLC
An employee was attempting to break up ice in a frozen water line when a fitting broke, causing the line to whip around and hit the employee's leg. The employee sustained leg fractures.
An employee was acting as a ground guide for a rough-terrain forklift that was loading material onto a flatbed truck. The forklift's boom came into contact with overhead power lines while the employee was touching the forklift. The employee suffered electrical burns to his hands and feet.
Employees were rigging down and started removing fluid from a line. They placed a clamp at one end of the line, but the clamp loosened and two employees were struck. One employee was hospitalized with internal injuries.
An employee's left ring and pinky fingers were smashed between the top of a tank and a handrail on a gas buster tank. His left ring finger was partially amputated.
An employee was checking water lines for leaks. When he found a leak, the employee applied a pincher device that crushes the line to stop the flow of water. A clamp on the device popped off and struck the employee on the chin fracturing four teeth on his lower jaw.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 213112)
An employee had been cleaning the work area. While lifting a saw, the employee's index finger was lacerated by the saw blade. A tendon was cut and required surgery.
An employee was delivering home heating fuel when bees came from the ground and stung the employee's face, neck, torso, and hands. The employee proceeded to shut off the oil flow before losing consciousness. They were hospitalized due to an anaphylactic reaction.
An employee was using a torch to loosen a bolt on a water trailer. Natural gas was present in the water and it ignited, causing a fire. The employee sustained third-degree burns to their upper leg.
An employee had been conducting crane operations. The employee went to stop a piece of oil and gas equipment for tubular running from falling over to the ground. Their right hand was caught between a rolling ladder and the equipment, resulting in fractures to the index and middle fingers. They were hospitalized and the middle finger required surgery.
An employee was working to install a drive belt on a water pump. He was holding the belt on both sides of the pulley, working to route it over the top. As he pulled down with his right hand, the pulley rotated and the belt slid over it, pulling his left little finger between the pulley and the belt. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip as well as a fracture to the ring finger.
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.