Pipeline Transportation of Refined Petroleum Products

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 sandblasting pipe at the Rice Energy Compressor Station. The sandblaster slipped out of employee's hands, hit the pipe and struck the employee's upper right arm.

NarrativeOn September 24, 2013, Employee #1, Excavator, was working with a coworker filling potholes using a (Vermeer V800LEHD) vacuum excavator with the trailer mounted. The coworker, operator, raised up with no visibility where the employee was standing and with the rear hatch open and dumped its contents into the pothole to backfill it after the inspection of a pipeline had been completed. Employee #1 was looking into the tank when the coworker closed the hydraulic cylinder tank hatch in preparation to move the unit to the next pothole. The employee's head and neck were caught between the tank and the hatch lid. The coworker saw the employee's hand waving out of the side of the excavator and released the controls. When the hatch reversed its direction, Employee #1 fell to the ground. The employee was air lifted to UC Davis Hospital, where he was treated for fractures to his head and neck. Employee #1 was hospitalized for two days.