Other Pipeline Transportation

NarrativeAt 8:00 a.m. on February 28, 2017, an employee was working at a facility specializing in underground wet utilities. As the employee was located at the base of a building, observing a coworker perform grade checks, he was struck in the head by a drill that had fallen from scaffolding that was approximately 60 feet above the ground. Although the employee was wearing a hardhat, he sustained a serious head injury, which he was hospitalized and received treatment.

NarrativeAn employee collected a sample cylinder of gas and was placing the cylinder into a weather guard job box that is used to organize the sample cylinders. The job box drawer closed on his left hand, amputating his left ring finger at the first joint, right below the nail.

NarrativeAn employee was observing a pipe liner as it was being extended to the stationary steel pipe in the ground. The pipe liner was slightly offline, and the employee tried to manually guide it in place right as it was making contact with the pipe. The liner jerked up as he was leaning over it and it hit him in the chin with force. He suffered a chin laceration requiring 5 stitches and was knocked unconscious. Employee was hospitalized overnight.