Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

An employee was welding on a steel casing pipe while laying on the ground. One pipe was on the bucket of a backhoe when hydraulics settled on the backhoe, causing the pipe to roll off the backhoe and onto the employee. The employee sustained a broken pelvis, internal bleeding, and a contusion to the left […]

An employee fell from an exchanger rig as he descended. The employee fell onto a basket made of angle iron and fractured ribs and bruised a lung.

An employee was unjamming a composite board from a cut-off machine when it engaged and came down on his right hand, fracturing and severely lacerating his index, middle, and ring fingers. The machine was guarded at the time.

An employee was walking beside a wheeled trailer when the trailer struck the employee’s left leg, breaking the foot and tearing a knee ligament. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was helping to rig down a rig floor when the floor plate became hung up and slid out, striking him in the hard hat. He suffered a laceration on the right side of his forehead, requiring surgery, and fractures to his fifth and seventh vertebrae.

An employee was struck by a pickup truck during a flagging operation on a road construction project, suffering broken ribs and left leg, spinal, and liver injuries.

An employee was walking on the wing of a B-1B bomber preparing it for painting. The employee slipped and fell off the aircraft wing tip to the floor 14 feet below. The employee was wearing a body harness, but it was not attached to the overhead lanyards. The employee suffered a left knee fracture and […]

A drilling rig was tripping out of the well. The derrick employee was moving the top of a pipe stand to the racking fingers when the employee’s retractable lanyard line was caught by the descending top drive and he was pulled to his knees on the derrick platform. The employee sustained a left knee fracture […]

An employee was performing maintenance on a leveler machine. He was aligning the machine lid to put it back on, holding the lid with his right hand and his left hand was on the machine in a pinch point. As he was aligning the lid, it fell onto his left hand. The employee sustained broken […]

An employee was performing maintenance on a belt. He placed a 36-inch pipe wrench on the belt while it was out of service. When he turned the belt back on, the wrench flew off and hit him, causing head trauma and multiple facial and nose fractures.