Precision Pipeline LLC

An employee was preparing to unhook a boring machine. While standing 5-8 feet away from the machine, a securing bolt broke and the employee was struck by a chain in the head and face, resulting in a blunt force trauma.

An employee was using a string trimmer with a brush cutter attachment. The brush cutter struck a rock and then struck and lacerated the employee's left calf.

At about 5:00 p.m. on September 15, 2018, an employee was driving a utility vehicle at a natural gas pipeline site when it flipped over. The employee suffered a potential stomach tear and was hospitalized.

An employee was helping a road bore move pipes from one place to another. The employee was strapping up the pipe casing as a backhoe was reversing nearby. The backhoe then struck the stem connected to the pipe's auger, which resulted in a teeter-totter effect, causing the pipe to strike the employee around his right thigh. He suffered a compound fracture to his right tibia and fibula, as well as a twisted ankle.

An employee was setting up a warming tent at a job site when a work truck struck and pinned the employee between it and a 54-inch reamer. The employee's lower right leg was crushed, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was tossing a damaged toilet into a compactor. The toilet bounced off the compactor and lacerated the employee's right wrist, cutting an artery and tendon.

An employee was operating a hydraulic jack to bend a frame when the jack came loose and struck the employee. They were hospitalized for a spleen injury.

A truck had been towed into the shop with a flat tire and a blown airbag. An employee checked the tire for damage and was airing the tire. The employee was installing the valve core when the bead slipped off the rim. Air escaped, and the aluminum wheel struck the employee's head and face. The employee became unresponsive and was bleeding.

On December 14, 2023, at 8:40 p.m., three employees were inspecting milling machines for startup. A few of the sleeves on the mill drum needed to be changed out. The injured employee was trying to input a sleeve on the mill drum using a hammer. The hammer hit the edge of the drum, which caused a metal piece to splinter off and strike the employee's cheek just below the left eye. The metal splinter embedded in the back of their eye socket, resulting in pain, swelling, and bleeding that required hospitalization.

An employee was pushing a line of carts into a vestibule when the door cable snapped and struck his right ankle. The employee suffered a fracture that required surgery and hospitalization.

An employee was using a ballpeen hammer to hit a metal stud. A metal shard broke off from the stud and hit the employee's left eye. The employee was hospitalized for surgery, but did not lose their eye.

An employee fell from a tank trailer during a pre-trip inspection. The employee landed on the ground and suffered a broken left ankle.

An employee was helping to troubleshoot a power interruption at a communications site when they were bitten by a rattlesnake. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was reviewing paperwork that was placed on the front bumper of a digger truck when a skid steer backed over the employee's left foot. The employee sustained multiple foot fractures.

An employee was adjusting a floor jack under a 40-foot trailer. The trailer slid to one side and fell off the jack; the employee's right middle finger was crushed between trailer's lifting channel and the jack. The finger was amputated at the middle knuckle.

An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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.