Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cudd Pressure Control, Inc., 3550 E. Goforth Road, KILGORE, TEXAS 75662
on — Fractures , affecting the Trunk and other upper extremities.
Final narrative
An employee was standing on an injector head feeding chain with a rope, when the rope broke, causing him to lose his balance and fall to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to his left elbow and three ribs.
Hospitalized Trunk and other upper extremities Drilling and extraction machinery unspecified
More severe injuries at Cudd Pressure Control, Inc.
An employee was securing an injector head to a cradle for transport when the catwalk above him slammed down. The catwalk crushed/severed his left middle finger which was caught in the pinch points where the catwalk came to rest, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was changing rams in a blowout preventer on a snubbing unit. A nearby co-worker handed the employee a block when it slipped and fell onto the employee's left little fingertip, resulting in amputation.
An employee and a co-worker picked up a 48-inch steel pipe wrench to size up a saver sub. While sizing up the wrench, the swivel engaged and the pipe wrench hit the saver sub, causing the wrench to swing around and strike the employee in the left arm and chest area. The employee suffered a lacerated spleen.
An employee was performing maintenance on a coil tubing unit, removing a bad section of coil from a reel. While trying to clear a jam in the large coil, the injured employee was struck by the coil, suffering a fractured ankle and elbow.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
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 fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
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An employee was slipping pipe when it became stuck and the pipe snapped, striking the employee in the back and ribs. The employee sustained fractured ribs.
An employee was pulling drill line from the drill spool while the top drive was not set on the docking pins. The deadman was unexpectedly released which caused the top drive to fall to the drill floor from a height of 30 feet. This caused the drill line that was being pulled out and laid on the ground to retract and strike an employee. The employee suffered fractures to his legs and neck.
An employee was conducting maintenance on a pipe and was using a T-bar tool to secure the retainer cap on a pump. The employee's left index finger was caught in the rotating pump, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was separating a valve stem from an actuator stem by removing two-piece split nuts that hold it together. The actuator shaft shifted, causing the top half of the split nut to impact and pinch the employee's right thumb against the frame. The employee was hospitalized.
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.
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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.