KENEDY, TEXAS—
FESCO, Ltd
Injured by object held or wielded by person · Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at FESCO, Ltd, ConocoPhillips; Naranjo-Peters-KS ULW A1 oilfield location, KENEDY, TEXAS 78119 on — Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels , affecting the Other digestive structures n.e.c..
Final narrative
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.
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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.
LAREDO, TEXAS—
FESCO, Ltd
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.
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.
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