Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Rig Runner, Lincke Road & Kubala Store Road, YORKTOWN, TEXAS 78164
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was installing the center steel on an oilfield drilling rig. The employee was untying the metal grate while kneeling within it; the metal grate fell on the employee's left-hand fingers and crushed them. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was installing a vee-door post on a drill rig when the vee-door post got stuck. The employee went to clear debris and the post came down amputating the distal phalanx of their right middle finger.
An employee was exiting a crane cab when the crane step detached, causing the employee to fall to the ground. The employee sustained broken ribs and a punctured/collapsed lung.
An employee was unloading 30-foot 2-inch barrels from a pan holding about 20 barrels. The barrels tipped over, striking and breaking both of the employee's lower legs.
An employee was in a sandblasting area, preparing the surface of a plate heat exchanger frame for painting. The frame fell on the employee, who suffered fractures to vertebrae, the neck, pelvis, and rib cage; and punctured lungs.
A truck driver was preparing a hose to load a chemical tanker trailer with sulfuric acid when sulfuric acid splashed the left side of their face and neck, causing skin burns.
An employee was disconnecting steam lines from a bulk liquid trailer. He disconnected a steam line located on a vapor recovery line when hot steam blew back onto him, resulting in burns to the left side of his abdomen, as well as his left arm and leg. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was driving a truck when it lost power. He pulled over, opened the hood, checked the engine, and opened the radiator cap. Pressure in the radiator caused hot fluid to spew over the employee, who suffered second-degree burns to the left arm, hand, and leg.
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.