LAREDO, TEXAS—
FESCO, Ltd
Vehicle or machinery fire · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at FESCO, Ltd, Spohn Ranch No. 38H, LAREDO, TEXAS 78045 on — Fractures, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was working in a man basket at a wellhead when a fire caused flames to engulf the wellhead. When the fire reached the man basket, the employee jumped. His chest struck valves on the ground about 15 feet below. He was hospitalized, having suffered four broken ribs and a hematoma.
More severe injuries at FESCO, Ltd
MIDLAND, TEXAS—
FESCO, Ltd.
A FESCO employee was on top of a trailer assisting a forklift operator with placing equipment onto the semi-truck trailer. While on top of the trailer, the employee stepped backward and fell off the trailer to the ground, landing on his back. The employee was hospitalized for a fracture of their C5 vertebra.
KENEDY, TEXAS—
FESCO, Ltd
Three employees were breaking a threaded tool string connection using two 36-inch pipe wrenches. One of the pipe wrenches slipped and struck an employee in the abdomen, resulting in a ruptured spleen.
EL CAMPO, TEXAS—
FESCO, Ltd.
An employee was operating a forklift and staging 10" pipe on a concrete parking lot. The first joint of pipe was set down and the second joint was being retrieved when the first joint began to roll. The employee secured the forklift and went to stop the pipe from rolling, but was struck by the rolling pipe on the back of his leg. The employee fell and the pipe rolled up his leg. The employee suffered a broken foot.
ALICE, TEXAS—
Fesco, LTD
An employee was inspecting counter weight cylinders for clearance when the employee fell from the top of the counter weights to the crane deck, suffering a facial fracture.
ALICE, TEXAS—
FESCO, Ltd
The injured employee had his left hand on a forklift, signaling to the operator to lower the forks due to an unbalanced situation with a parts catcher screen assembly. In the process of lowering the forks the screen assembly shifted smashing the tip of the employees index finger on his left hand between the bonnet of the manual valve of the screen assembly and the forks.
View FESCO, Ltd's full OSHA safety record →
Similar incidents · Same event type
MIDLAND, TEXAS—
Flogistix, LP
An employee removed the spark plugs and was rotating an engine to evacuate condensate from the cylinders. An unknown source ignited the condensate and natural gas. The employee sustained burns to the back of his hands and upper leg area.
MILLWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA—
AL-REC, LLC
An employee was operating a front-end loader when a hydraulic line broke, causing the front-end loader to catch on fire. The employee jumped from the cab to the ground and sustained fractures to the T-6 vertebra and a heel.
BIG WELLS, TEXAS—
Baytex Energy USA
An employee was near a hybrid separator when it malfunctioned, resulting in a flash fire that burned the employee's upper body.
SHEPHERD, TEXAS—
Sound Resource Solutions
An employee was moving two totes of turpentine. Noticing that one of them was leaking, he stopped his forklift and began to look for the leak. The forklift caught fire, and the employee suffered severe burns. He was hospitalized.
NORWALK, OHIO—
Borgers Ohio, Inc.
An employee was performing maintenance on a machine when part of an adjacent machine caught fire. The employee extinguished the fire and suffered smoke inhalation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 213112)
KARNES CITY, TEXAS—
3S Services, LLC
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.
WEST WAREHAM, MASSACHUSETTS—
Roby's Propane Gas
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.
KANE, PENNSYLVANIA—
Myers Trucking, Inc.
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.
BROUSSARD, LOUISIANA—
Weatherford U.S., L.P.
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.
PAWNEE, TEXAS—
Helmerich & Payne IDC Inc
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.
More severe injuries in TEXAS
EAST BERNARD, TEXAS—
T G Meat Center LLC
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.
LUBBOCK, TEXAS—
Professional Flooring Supply
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.
HOOKS, TEXAS—
EnviroSafe Demil LLC
An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.
LOLITA, TEXAS—
Inteplast Group
An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.
HALLETTSVILLE, TEXAS—
Regency IHS of Fairwinds Halletsville, LLC
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.