Severe Workplace Injuries in Kingfisher, Oklahoma

Feb 27, 2025 · Shebester-Bechtel Inc Amputation

An employee went to grab a tool out of the back of the rig. He lost balance and placed his left hand on the blowout preventer (BOP). The BOP closed and crushed fingertips on his left hand. The middle finger was partially amputated.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Construction

Aug 23, 2021 · Power Rig LLC Hospitalized

An employee was helping rig up a drilling rig. While he was driving a securement pin on an upper spreader beam, another spreader beam (stacked on the first one) slid over and struck his left foot. The foot was broken.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Foot (feet) · Mining, oil and gas

Oct 13, 2020 · Rowdy Oilfield Services LLC Hospitalized

An employee was steaming the inside of a production tank when a flash fire occurred inside the tank. The employee suffered second-degree burns to the face and third-degree burns to the hands.

Fire · Hand(s) · Mining, oil and gas · OSHA inspection 1497931

Feb 10, 2020 · Encana Oil and Gas USA Hospitalized

At about 8:30 AM, an employee was opening a scrubber pot. Flammable gasses escaped from the pot and ignited. The employee sustained burns to the hands and face and was hospitalized.

Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids · Multiple body parts (other) · Utilities

Oct 15, 2019 · Terra Star Incorporated Hospitalized

An employee's leg was crushed and broken when a semi-tractor trailer he was working on rolled over his leg.

Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle · Leg(s) · Mining, oil and gas

Mar 21, 2019 · Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was checking for an air leak under a pump control stand. A pinhole leak in a hydraulic line caused hydraulic fluid to be injected into the employee's right index finger near the tip.

Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Fingertip(s) · Mining, oil and gas

Mar 17, 2019 · Nine Energy Services, Inc. Amputation

An employee was re-dressing a setting tool. The employee's right little finger was caught between the setting sleeve and a mandrel porthole. The tip was amputated.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Fingertip(s) · Mining, oil and gas

Feb 15, 2019 · Shaw Stringup Service LLC Amputation

An employee was reaching for a rope when his gloved left hand was pulled into a chain and sprocket on the back of a truck. The tip of his index finger was amputated and his middle and ring fingers were broken. The chain and sprocket was unguarded at the time.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Mining, oil and gas

Nov 5, 2018 · Frontier Bridge, Inc. Hospitalized

On November 5, 2018, an employee was placing scrap metal onto a trailer when the load began to shift and the employee dismounted from the trailer. A few pieces of steel slid from the trailer and onto the employee's right leg, fracturing the tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Lower leg(s) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1363371

Jul 18, 2018 · Devon Energy Corporation Hospitalized

While flushing chemical from a tanker truck an explosion occurred that burned three employees. One of the injured employees was hospitalized with burns to the face and hands.

Explosion · Multiple body parts (other) · Mining, oil and gas · OSHA inspection 1331972

May 25, 2018 · Fluid Delivery Solutions LLC Hospitalized

An employee was observing pressure line testing, heard a hissing sound, stepped back to observe and fell into steel rebar. The employee was hospitalized for puncture wounds and internal bleeding.

Fall onto or against object on same level (other) · Nonclassifiable · Mining, oil and gas

Apr 8, 2018 · Helmerich & Payne, Inc. Amputation

An employee's left hand was inside skid rail pin holes checking the alignment when the skid rail moved backwards and amputated his left middle and index fingertips.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Mining, oil and gas

Feb 2, 2018 · Select Energy Services Hospitalized

An employee was sitting on a haul trailer when an ATV backed into him pinning him against the haul trailer. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured right femur, a broken nose and a one-inch laceration on his right check.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Multiple body parts (other) · Mining, oil and gas

Nov 3, 2017 · DAN DARLING DRILLING Hospitalized

An employee was standing on the ground near a pipe rack while other employees picked up a joint from a catwalk. The joint came off its cradle, rolling back onto the pipe rack and hitting the employee. He was pinned between two joints, suffering bleeding in his abdominal cavity.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Mining, oil and gas

Jan 30, 2017 · Cactus Drilling Company Amputation

An employee was slipping new drilling line when his right hand got caught in the sheave resulting in the amputation of four fingers. The thumb was not affected.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Mining, oil and gas · OSHA inspection 1207652

Dec 19, 2016 · BLT TANKS, L.L.C. Hospitalized

An employee started the truck while standing on the side step. The truck was in gear. The employee fell and the truck ran over his leg fracturing the fibula.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Lower leg(s) · Manufacturing

Sep 29, 2016 · BLT TANKS, L.L.C. Hospitalized

An employee was cleaning up after painting with a paint gun when the paint gun went off and punctured his hand with high-pressure liquid.

Struck by discharged object or substance · Hand(s) · Manufacturing

Jul 26, 2016 · Wheeler Brothers Grain Company, L.L.C. Hospitalized

While collecting soil samples, an employee using an ATV struck a cable stretched across a gate opening, suffering chest and neck trauma.

Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle (other) · Multiple body parts (other) · Wholesale trade

Sep 15, 2015 · C & J Well Services Hospitalized

Employees were working at a remote well site in Kingfisher, Oklahoma making a connection with two pipes when the pumping host attachment at one end came loose and struck the employee's left arm, breaking both bones of the forearm.

Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Forearm(s) · Mining, oil and gas

Sep 9, 2015 · John Deer P&K Equipment Inc. Amputation

An employee was working with a tire/wheel change-out machine for a large tractor tire. The tire flipped out of the machine on top of the employee, amputating his left-hand pinky finger and injuring his hand.

Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Wholesale trade

Aug 30, 2015 · Redback Energy Services Amputation

An employee was working on an oil drilling rig. While attaching a check valve to a vertical pup joint, the employee's right index finger was pinched between the two parts, amputating the fingertip.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Mining, oil and gas