Amarillo Texas – Machine Injury & Accidents

Amarillo Texas is a city of roughly 320,000 people located in the southwestern corner of the state. Amarillo sees an average of one machinery accident per month. Each one of these accidents can lead to serious injuries or even death. When it comes to machinery accidents, it is important to be aware of the risks involved. Make sure to always wear protective equipment and stay briefed on the latest safety precautions. If you have been injured in a machinery accident, don’t hesitate to contact an experienced lawyer.

Manufacturing Companies

Amarillo is home to a number of manufacturing companies. Some of the more well-known companies that are located in Amarillo include

Affiliated Foods, Inc.
Plains Dairy, L.L.C.
Amarillo Gear Company LLC
Gri Towers Texas Inc.
Micro Beef Technologies, Ltd.
X F Enterprises, Inc.
J. Lee Milligan, Inc.

Excel Machinery, Ltd.
CTX Corporation
Amarillo Custom Box Co.
Miller Paper Company
Cramer Computer Supplies, Ltd
Ssi Foods LLC
Willborn Bros. Co. LLC

These companies provide good jobs for residents and help to drive the economy in Amarillo.

Machinery Accidents

In the world of machinery, accidents can happen at any time. If you are a business owner or operator in Amarillo, Texas, it is important to have an understanding of the types of equipment that can cause accidents and take steps to prevent them from happening. Accidents can occur when machines are used incorrectly, when they are not properly maintained, or when they are overloaded. By knowing what to watch for and taking the necessary precautions, you can help protect yourself and your employees from potential injuries.

There have been a number of machinery accidents in Amarillo Texas, some of which have resulted in fatalities. If you have been injured in a machinery accident in Amarillo, TX, don’t wait to consult with an attorney. A lawyer can help you understand your legal rights and options, and can represent you during the investigation and court proceedings.

Below you can find some previous accidents that have occurred in Amarillo recently

AccidentDate	Employer	City	State	Description	Injury	Body Part	Event	Injury Source	Other Injury Source
10/11/2021	AM Communications	Amarillo	Tx	An employee was on a 28-foot ladder, preparing to change an aerial cable line. The ladder fell backward with the employee on it. The employee suffered a broken sternum and a head injury.	Fractures	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level	Movable ladders	Nonclassifiable
03/10/2021	GRI Towers Texas, Inc.	Amarillo	Tx	An employee was changing the butterfly end on a pneumatic, handheld paint gun containing a hazardous chemical when the trigger went off, resulting in a puncture wound on the employee's left index finger.	Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance	Chemicals and chemical products	Sprayers, air guns-paint
31/08/2021	Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.	Amarillo	Tx	An employee was installing a roll of tape on a strip roller machine. Their right middle finger was caught and amputated in the machine when it cycled.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Special process machinery
21/08/2021	Tyson Fresh Meats	Amarillo	Tx	An employee was cutting a carcass using a knife. The knife lacerated the employee's bicep.	Cuts, lacerations	Upper arm(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker	Knives
24/07/2021	United States Postal Service	Amarillo	Tx	An employee was delivering a package to a residence when he tripped over a large boulder in the yard, resulting in a fractured left knee.	Fractures	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object	Ground	Boulders
26/02/2021	International Paper Company	Amarillo	Tx	An employee was struck by a stack of corrugated boxes while operating a transfer car. The employee suffered a broken pelvis and was hospitalized.	Fractures	Pelvis	Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle	Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c	Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
02/02/2021	Northstar Energy Solutions LLC	Amarillo	Tx	An employee was working on the ground approximately 15 feet from a transmission structure when a knee joint fell from the transmission structure, hit an adjacent apartment building, and bounced onto the employee, striking him in the hard-hat. The employee was knocked to the ground, striking his face and resulting in an eye socket fracture.	Fractures	Eye(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment	Parts and materials
12/09/2020	Tecta America Amarillo CS LLC	Amarillo	Tx	An employee was laying down new insulation board on a roof and fell approximately 14 feet off the roof to the ground below. He suffered a broken tibia and injured his back and ankle.	Fractures	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet	Roofs	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
09/09/2020	Amarillo Gear Company LLC	Amarillo	Tx	An employee was using a magnet to flip a gear when the magnet disengaged from the part and fell on the employee's hand causing three broken fingers. The employee was hospitalized.	Fractures	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment	Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
04/09/2020	Texas Home Health of America, LP	Amarillo	Tx	An employee went to change the laundry in a client's home and slipped in 3 inches of water that had leaked from the client's washer. The employee sustained a broken ankle and foot.	Fractures	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Floor	Water
04/08/2020	Amarillo Veteran Hospital	Amarillo	Tx	A vehicle struck an employee while she was walking across a parking lot, breaking her right shoulder and her tibia.	Fractures	Upper and lower limb(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle on side of road	Highway vehicle, motorized
15/07/2020	Tri State Baking Company	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was performing maintenance on a depanner conveyor when their finger was caught between a chain and sprocket. The right index finger was amputated.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Conveyors-powered
20/05/2020	Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was adjusting a malfunctioning lift gate. The gate moved downward, crushing the employee's left little finger. The fingertip was amputated without bone loss.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Special process machinery
16/05/2020	Western Builders of Amarillo, Inc	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was giving hand signals to a forklift operator who was lowering a wacker packer into an elevator pit. The forklift operator had boomed out toward the elevator pit when the back wheels of the forklift lifted off the ground. The injured employee was standing on ground level on the other side of the pit. The forklift bucket then hit him at about shoulder level and traveled down his side, pushing him to the ground and coming to a rest on his leg. He suffered a broken ankle, torn ligament	Fractures	Multiple body parts	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
22/04/2020	INTERNATIONAL PAPER	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was attempting to climb into a railcar when he slipped and fell, hitting his face on a roll of paper and injuring his neck.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level	Rail car(s)-unattached to locomotive	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
22/03/2020	Tyson Fresh Meats	Amarillo	Texas	While servicing a conveyor belt, a box fell from an overhead conveyor belt and struck an employee in the head. The employee then fell and hit his jaw on a floor-level conveyor. The employee sustained a facial laceration and jaw injury.	Cuts, lacerations	Face	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part	Boxes, crates, cartons	Conveyors-belt
21/03/2020	Affiliated Foods Inc.	Amarillo	Texas	While attempting to free a potato that was stuck in a conveyor, an employee's fingertips were nipped by moving parts of the conveyor. The middle fingertip on the employee's left hand was amputated.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Conveyors-belt
06/09/2019	Affiliated Foods, Inc.	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was traveling down an aisle while operating a stand-up forklift when his lower left leg was caught between the forklift and racking. He sustained a laceration.	Cuts, lacerations	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered	Racks-garment and other
04/09/2019	Dustin Allen, Inc,	Amarillo	Texas	A piece of heavy equipment backed up over an employee, who suffered a broken pelvic bone, broken ribs (in the back), and a ruptured bladder.	Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.	Multiple trunk locations	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area	Construction, logging, and mining machinery
05/08/2019	Texas Dodge	Amarillo	Texas	While being moved, a modified handicap vehicle with the pedals reversed, drove forward and an employee was pinned between the van and a workbench. The employee suffered crushing injuries.	Crushing injuries	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area	Passenger van
16/07/2019	Tyson Fresh Meats	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was working on the harvesting floor as a steamback operator. The trolley came into the room and the employee removed it from the track. The employee's fingers were pinched by the trolley wheel and rail and a fingertip was amputated.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Streetcar, trolley, cable car, light rail
14/06/2019	Tyson Fresh Meats	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was reaching for a hook caught on the side of a carcass with his left hand when his right hand came in contact with the piston of the bone clipper, amputating his right middle fingertip.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Butchering machinery
24/04/2019	Plains Dairy, LLC	Amarillo	Texas	An employee delivered nitric acid to a chlorine tank that was mislabeled, causing a reaction with a cloud that affected seven employees and required evacuation. An employee was hospitalized for respiratory irritation due to chemical exposure.	Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode	Multiple chemicals or chemical mixtures
17/04/2019	AT&T	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was going up in a bucket truck. Nearby, police were pursuing a vehicle that then struck the bucket truck. The employee was ejected from the bucket that was about 10 feet high and struck the alleyway. He suffered scrapes and contusions to the face.	Multiple surface wounds and bruises	Face	Roadway collision-moving and standing vehicle on side of roadway	Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck	Highway vehicle, motorized
01/04/2019	Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was walking through the cafeteria when she walked into a door on the bulletin board, fell backwards to the floor, and injured her left hip, femur and pelvis.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level, n.e.c.	Floor	Blackboards, bulletin boards, mirrors-wall-mounted
11/03/2019	Tyson Foods	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was operating a chuck saw when it lacerated two of the employee's fingers, requiring hospitalization.	Cuts, lacerations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment	Butchering machinery
06/09/2018	Tyson Foods, Inc.	Amarillo	Texas	After cleaning a conveyor belt, an employee noticed something in the belt and was attempting to pull it out when her hand was caught in the sprocket. The skin was removed from the top of her hand. The belt was re-energized at the time of the incident.	Avulsions, enucleations	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Conveyors-belt
14/08/2018	Owens Corning, LLC	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was installing electric cables to an overhead conveyor (vertical trolley) for an e-stop when his sleeve was caught on a sprocket, causing his hand to be drawn into the area. He suffered a fractured left wrist.	Fractures	Wrist(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery	Conveyors-powered	Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
10/08/2018	Nebraskaland Tire, Inc.	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was installing a tire when a wheel failure caused an explosion in the employee's face. The employee suffered a head injury.	Intracranial injuries	Brain	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire	Tires, except bike
03/08/2018	Rush Truck Center	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was standing on a pallet reaching for a mattress when he lost his balance and his foot became tangled in the plastic, causing him to fall to the ground and fracture his left leg.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level	Skids, pallets	Plastic wrap
18/07/2018	MMM PLUMBING, HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING, INC.	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was standing on site when the wind picked up a 3/4-inch plywood board and threw it towards the employee. The board struck his head, causing cerebral contusions.	Intracranial injuries, n.e.c.	Brain	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle	Plywood, wood paneling; particle, chip, flake board	High winds, gusts, turbulence
20/06/2018	Tyson Foods, Inc.	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was on a processing floor, operating a shell saw. The saw contacted the employee's left thumb, lacerating it.	Cuts, lacerations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment	Butchering machinery
09/06/2018	Cactus Operating, LLC	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was on horseback when the horse pitched forward and the employee fell to the ground. The employee suffered four broken ribs.	Fractures	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden	Horses and other equines
30/05/2018	Universal Cable Holdings, Inc.	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was hospitalized for dehydration during their shift.	Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat	Heat-environmental
29/04/2018	Gestamp Wind Towers US, Inc.	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was performing sub-arc welding on a power section when a flux catcher bin ignited due to someone throwing plastic and other trash in the bin (it is strictly for catching welding pieces). The employee was overcome by smoke inhalation and required hospitalization for carbon monoxide exposure.	Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia	BODY SYSTEMS	Small-scale (limited) fire	Trash, garbage
16/03/2018	Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was operating a saw when it amputated his left index and middle fingers.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment	Butchering machinery
10/01/2018	AFFILIATED FOODS INC.	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was attempting to dismount his pallet jack when he was caught between a pole guard that guarded an entryway and the pallet jack, breaking his right lower leg.	Fractures	Lower leg(s)	Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects	Pallet jack-powered	Posts, bollards, moorings
09/01/2018	Diversified Interiors of Amarillo, LTD	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was preparing to frame up a wall on the second floor and fell approximately 16 feet through a 5' x 5' opening in the floor. The employee struck the wood guardrail on the first floor. The employee sustained facial fractures, fractured ribs, a fractured hip, bleeding on the brain and a spleen injury. The employee was hospitalized.	Traumatic injuries and disorders	Nonclassifiable	Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet	Existing floor opening
14/10/2017	Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was operating a grinding stone to sharpen knives and amputated a fingertip.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Grinders, abraders
14/10/2017	Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was using a knife to gut a carcass. The knife slipped and lacerated his knee. The employee was hospitalized.	Cuts, lacerations	Knee(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker	Knives
10/10/2017	Nextech Central, LLC	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was climbing down a ladder with a tool bag swung over his shoulder when it swung and struck him. He suffered an infection and was hospitalized.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.	Tool belts
27/09/2017	Tyson Fresh Meats Inc.	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was hospitalized after inhaling anhydrous ammonia. A pipe broke resulting in the anhydrous ammonia release.	Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode	Ammonia, anhydrous ammonia
13/09/2017	Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P.	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was working on a car and trailer that had an air hose hooked onto it. A coworker was pulling out another vehicle when it hooked onto the air hose and began to pull the trailer. The employee had to then jump off the trailer, suffering a contusion to the top of the right leg.	Bruises, contusions	Thigh(s)	Other jump to lower level	Trailers	Highway vehicle, motorized
09/09/2017	William's Ditching	Amarillo	Texas	Employees were placing a water line for the city when one of the employees stepped outside of the trenching box. The earth collapsed around him, fracturing his lower vertebrae.	Fractures	Lumbar region	Excavation or trenching cave-in	Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
01/09/2017	Affiliated Foods Inc.	Amarillo	Texas	An employee attempted to get on his pallet truck to go in reverse when the handle swung out and caught his hand between the handle and the steel shelves in the perishable department causing approximately 3/25 inch tip of the pinky finger to be amputated.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident	Pallet jack-powered	Racks-garment and other
08/08/2017	United Supermarkets, LLC	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was putting product on the shelves of a produce cooler vault when he fell from a step ladder, fracturing his left hip.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level	Step ladders
22/07/2017	SOUTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was in an aerial bucket working on a 3-phase powerline outside of a residence. As the employee lowered the bucket, it came into contact with the powerline. The employee then suffered electrical burns to a shoulder and an arm.	Electrical burns	Shoulder(s) and arm(s)	Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts	Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck	Power lines, transformers, convertors
27/06/2017	Affiliated Foods Inc.	Amarillo	Texas	An employee suffered a right middle finger amputation while opening a trailer door and working with a dock plate.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Ramps, loading docks, dock plates	Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility
04/05/2017	Tyson Fresh Meat	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was gutting a carcass when the knife cut his leg, requiring overnight hospitalization and surgery.	Cuts, lacerations	Leg(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker	Knives
01/05/2017	Old Pal Corporation	Amarillo	Texas	An employee was in a 4-foot-deep elevator pit removing forms from the area when dirt fell from the top, landing on and breaking both of his legs. He was hospitalized.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Excavation or trenching cave-in	Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
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