Fractures

An employee was installing a drainage pipe in a trench when the dirt trench walls collapsed on the employee, who suffered a broken pelvis and hip.

The injured employee was helping another employee move dunnage with a forklift when the dunnage slipped off the forklift and struck the injured employee’s right jaw, breaking it.

An employee was performing maintenance on a tie jig (equipment that grabs railroad ties) which was connected to the bucket of an excavator. After performing some repairs underneath the tie jig, the employee crawled underneath the other side of the tie jig to make a final repair and was crushed by the tie jig. The […]

An employee was standing inside a man basket assisting with a line washing task at a well head tree when he was struck on his right leg (shin area) with pressurized water, sand, and shale from the well head tree flow line. He was hospitalized with a broken right leg, requiring surgery.

An employee was working in a steel trench box (about approximately 10-12 feet deep), spreading rock at the bottom of the trench and waterline pipe. A pipe struck the employee as the employee was working in the trench and fractured the employee’s pelvis.

An employee was carrying a 6-foot-long and 5-inch-diameter pipe filled with dirt when he tripped into a 2-foot-deep ditch. He fell on top of the pipe with his hand between the pipe and ground. He sustained a fracture to his right hand that required surgery.

An employee was trying to remove a T-post fencing stake using a stake remover tool. While using his body weight to push down on the lever, his leg twisted and broke. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was applying coating to a weld at a pipe joint when an adjacent pipe shifted, pinning the employee against a second pipe. The employee sustained fractures to his rib cage and tailbone along with bruising to the right leg.

An employee slipped and fell down a staircase, breaking one finger.

An employee was moving a cart when the employee slipped on a mat and fell, breaking the right femur.