Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cholla Petroleum, Inc., Scotland Water Flood Unit #408, SCOTLAND, TEXAS 76379
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was tightening a clamp on a polish rod for an oil well. A bottom clamp slipped and caught his right index finger against the carrier on the bridle of the pump jack. The right index finger was amputated near the middle joint.
An employee was tightening a nut on a polished rod's 2-bolt clamp on a horse head while standing on a well head cap 2 feet off ground when the employee slipped and fell back, hitting a concrete block. The employee suffered a head contusion.
An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.
An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.
An employee was lifting a 500-pound steel counterweight off a pallet using a magnetic hold jib crane. The counterweight detached from the crane and the employee sustained a left foot/toe fracture that required surgery.
An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that required surgery.
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An employee was standing in an excavation, about 12 feet deep, to check a natural gas pipeline for leaks. The excavation's sides sloughed, and the employee was buried up to the waist. The employee suffered a broken left lower leg.
An employee was working to close a gate that had gotten stuck. He was pushing on the top rail when it started moving and his left little finger became crushed between the rollers and the top rail, resulting in an amputation below the bottom knuckle.
An employee was performing winching operations on a flatbed when their left hand was pinched between a winch hook and a nylon bridle resulting in the amputation of his left index finger.
An employee was inspecting the facility. There was a frozen injection line. The employee was going to put methanol in the line to thaw it out. He isolated the line to pour in the methanol and was bleeding off the gas inside the isolated line. He opened up the needle valve. A flash fire occurred. He reached up to shut the needle valve and sustained burns to his left ear, face, and left hand. The employee was hospitalized.
At 12:00 p.m. on March 14, 2025, an employee was operating a valve when it broke. This caused him to lose his balance and fall backward. He landed on a strip of metal and his right index finger was pinched between the metal and his leg. The weight of his leg and the impact from falling caused the amputation of his fingertip.
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.
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