Severe Workplace Injuries in Cushing, Oklahoma

Jul 6, 2025 · CoreCivic Cimarron Correctional Facility Amputation

An employee was closing a door while holding the door handle behind him. The door closed on his finger resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Struck by door, gate, window · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Public administration

Apr 13, 2025 · Casey's General Stores, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was using a 3-foot step ladder to count inventory. As they were descending the ladder, they missed a step and fell to the floor, landing on their right wrist, arm, and knee. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right wrist and right kneecap, and required surgery.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Upper and lower extremities (other) · Retail

Jul 26, 2023 · Premier Safety Resources Hospitalized

An employee was taking gasoline to the top of a roof. They stepped on a soft spot on the roof next to a skylight and fell through the roof to the ground below. The employee sustained a laceration to the back of the head, and fractures to vertebrae, the collar bone, and right-side ribs.

Fall through surface or existing opening · Multiple body parts (other) · Professional and technical services · OSHA inspection 1686664

Jul 13, 2023 · Walmart Supercenter Hospitalized

An employee was installing a tire to the rim on a tire mounting machine when the tire became stuck in the arm of the machine. The employee's right ring finger was crushed.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Retail

Jun 16, 2022 · DT Safety Training Hospitalized

An employee was making confined space entries to clean a tank when they began to experience symptoms of heat-related illness, cramps, and heat exhaustion. The employee was hospitalized.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Mining, oil and gas · OSHA inspection 1603116

Jun 10, 2021 · Osmose Utilities Services, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee and his crew were at a remote worksite excavating holes to inspect and treat utility poles when the employee began to feel ill due to the heat.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Construction

Apr 30, 2019 · Ahrberg Milling of Cushing, Inc. Hospitalized

Two employees were removing tin from a roof. One employee fell through a piece of unsupported tin to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a fractured left elbow that required surgery and a head laceration.

Fall through surface or existing opening · Elbow(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1399183

Mar 27, 2019 · Cogent, Inc. Hospitalized

The motor on the side of an oil tank, approximately 3-4 feet off the ground and weighing about 585 pounds, fell off a skid and landed on an employee's leg. The employee suffered an open fracture of the left tibia and fibula, as well as a laceration of the left middle finger.

Struck by falling object or equipment (other) · Lower leg(s) · Manufacturing

Nov 16, 2017 · Submersible Pumps, Inc. Amputation

Employees were setting, aligning, and starting a compressor. The injured employee was attempting to diagnose a squeak heard while the compressor was running when his left hand entered the rotating area of the compressor, amputating his left thumb.

Caught in running equipment or machinery (other) · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Mining, oil and gas

Sep 19, 2017 · Onshore Quality Control Specialists, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was getting pipe and weld data off a pipe that was being cut after hydrotesting when the pipe fell on the employee's legs, breaking two bones above the right ankle. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

Struck by falling object or equipment · Lower leg(s) · Mining, oil and gas

Aug 24, 2017 · Tulsa Inspection Resources, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was inspecting and photographing pipeline installation activities when he stepped backwards into an impression in the ground. He lost his balance and fell, hitting his head on a lowboy trailer. He was hospitalized with fractured vertebrae in his upper back.

Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface · Thoracic region · Professional and technical services

May 27, 2017 · Ciarron Correctional Facility Amputation

An employee was closing a door and caught his left index finger between the door and the frame resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate · Fingertip(s) · Public administration

Nov 3, 2015 · Hough Oilfield Services Hospitalized

The employee was conducting a pressure test of a Blow Out Preventer (BOP) when a high pressure water spray contacted the employee's right armpit causing a 1/4 to 1/2" laceration.

Struck by discharged object or substance · Arm(s) (other) · Mining, oil and gas

Sep 22, 2015 · Patco Electrical Services, Inc. Hospitalized

A Journeyman electrician was making an electrical connection on top of an above ground storage tank and fell twelve feet to the ground below injuring his back.

Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Back, including spine, spinal cord · Construction