105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

STANTON, TEXAS—

Lone Wolf Well Servicing, LLC

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Final narrative

At approximately 10:40 AM, on July 30, 2025, during operations on a rig at a well, the injured employee was in the derrick, working to pull back a joint of pipe. He encountered a shorter-than-standard pipe, which prevented him from securing his arm around it, so he grabbed the pipe by the collar with his left hand. The blocks were being lowered at the time. The bottom of the blocks contacted the top of the pipe while the employee's fingers were inside the collar. His middle and ring fingers were amputated and the index finger was partially amputated. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hospitalized Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Drilling and extraction machinery unspecified

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