| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-06 | Abilene | Tx | CAE-USA-Tampa, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee's left middle finger was crushed. | |||||
| 2021-09-01 | Abilene | Tx | Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was removing a sled attachment from his pallet jack. The sled fell on his right hand resulting in amputation of his middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-08-26 | Abilene | Tx | BWJ Metal Works, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee was picking up a pipe from a plasma table. The pipe slipped out of her hand, catching it against the plasma table. The employee suffered an amputation to the right middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-05-19 | Abilene | Tx | BWJ Metal Works | Head | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was repairing a sand blaster machine. After the sand blaster was reassembled, the employee then turned on the generator to check the pressure. The employee went back to check the drum and air was escaping. The employee noticed that the hose was slipping off. The employee grabbed the hose and it slipped off and struck the employee on the left side of the head resulting in a laceration and a swollen left eye. | |||||
| 2021-05-03 | Abilene | Tx | Integrity Wireline | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was handling a pipe and amputated the tips of their right ring and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2021-05-03 | Abilene | Tx | Integrity Wireline | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was using a setting tool when their right middle and ring fingers were caught between the sleeve and the mandrel of the tool, resulting in an injury. | |||||
| 2021-03-16 | Abilene | Tx | Pactiv LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was starting up a thermoforming machine. As the employee threaded a plastic sheet through an oven, his fingers were pinched in a nip point created by the oven chain as it indexed. He suffered a partial amputation to the right ring finger and a laceration to the right middle finger. | |||||
| 2021-01-07 | Abilene | Ks | Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores, Inc | Hand(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee's hand was burned by hot oil in a fryer. | |||||
| 2021-01-06 | Abilene | Tx | Automatic Fire Protection Inc. | Forearm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped on a brick retaining wall and fell to the ground, suffering fractures to the right radius and ulna. | |||||
| 2020-10-17 | Abilene | Tx | Abimar Foods | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to fix a feeding issue on a wrapper machine. The feeding mechanism pinched the employee's right middle finger, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-09-29 | Abilene | Ks | PetroChoice Holdings, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee was leaving from the rear of a box truck. As he exited the box, the roll-up door dropped and pinched his left ring and middle fingertips against the truck's deck. The fingertips were amputated. | |||||
| 2020-05-21 | Abilene | Texas | Mister Car Wash | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was fixing leaks in and around reverse osmosis equipment when he was exposed to the exhaust of a high pressure washer. He became ill and collapsed due to carbon monoxide poisoning. | |||||
| 2020-04-29 | Abilene | Kansas | Great Plains Manufacturing | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using a press to bend a piece to a 90-degree angle. When the die came down, the piece did not bend 90 percent as it was supposed to, so the employee lifted the die, held the piece with both hands, and activated the press with the foot pedal. The press die then amputated the employee's thumbs from the middle of the nail to the tip. | |||||
| 2020-04-01 | Abilene | Texas | Abilmar Foods | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was moving a trough full of dough into a secondary mixer when his right hand slipped and his right index finger was caught between the locking mechanism and the trough, resulting in an amputation of his right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-02-10 | Abilene | Texas | Fed Ex | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
| An employee was trying to remove a cat from a warehouse. The cat bit the employee's knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-09-18 | Abilene | Texas | BRIDGESTONE BANDAG, LLC | Arm(s) | Intentional injury by other person, n.e.c. |
| During their work shift, three employees were involved in horseplay that progressed into an altercation. One employee threw a pair of scissors at another employee, puncturing his arm and causing vascular and muscular damage. The injured employee was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2019-08-26 | Abilene | Texas | Street Foundation Drilling | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was grabbing an overhead cable to pull himself up when the metal cable lacerated his fingers. | |||||
| 2019-03-20 | Abilene | Texas | Coca Cola Soutwest Beverages | Leg(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was attaching hooks and a sling to remove a battery. The hook came loose from the connection to the battery and swung, striking the employee who sustained a leg fracture. | |||||
| 2019-01-15 | Abilene | Texas | Luther Construction Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was sawing a board when the saw kicked the board back. The saw blade contacted the employee's left hand, lacerating it and amputating the ring finger. | |||||
| 2019-01-14 | Abilene | Texas | Tige Boats, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Other structural fire without collapse |
| Six employees on night shift were attempting to put out a fire in one of the buildings when they were overcome by the heavy smoke. Two of the employees were hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-06-21 | Abilene | Texas | Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was turning around a riding pallet jack. The employee's left leg became pinned between the jack and the bottom rail of a storage rack, and the employee suffered a broken lower leg. | |||||
| 2018-05-02 | Abilene | Texas | Walmart Stores | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee lost balance while operating a vacuum cleaner and fell on her left side, breaking her left hip and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-04-05 | Abilene | Texas | VIP Sports Getaway | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
| An employee was cleaning a flower bed and was bitten by a rattlesnake on the left index finger. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-02-13 | Abilene | Texas | Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy, LLC | Forehead | Fall on same level |
| An employee was at the front counter and collapsed, hitting her head on the counter resulting in a knot and contusion on the forehead. | |||||
| 2018-01-19 | Abilene | Texas | Lauren Engineers & Constructors, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee was carrying a 7-foot pipe when he stepped on a pallet and dropped the pipe, which then struck his leg and fractured his femur. | |||||
| 2017-09-30 | Abilene | Texas | Pactiv, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| After shutting down and cleaning an extrusion chrome roll, an employee restarted the extrusion line. The extrusion sheets were fully threaded and winding when the employee's right hand contacted the sheet pull roller, amputating the first digit of his right thumb. | |||||
| 2017-05-23 | Abilene | Texas | Luster Construction | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was standing on a ladder approximately 7 to 8 feet from a lower level when the employee fell, fracturing ribs and suffering a head injury. | |||||
| 2017-05-11 | Abilene | Kansas | GREAT PLAINS MANUFACTURING, INC. | Multiple body parts | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source |
| An employee was MIG welding when a spark ignited his shirt. He suffered second and third degree burns to the upper portion of his body, both arms, his neck, and the lower portion of his head. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-02-09 | Abilene | Texas | Goodwill West Texas | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was walking and talking to a cashier when she struck a column. She fell to the floor and suffered a fractured right wrist, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-01-13 | Abilene | Texas | Street Foundation Drilling | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c. |
| An employee operating a forklift lowered the forks while another employee was loading it. The employee's finger was caught between the pallet and floor resulting in amputation of the right middle finger to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2017-01-10 | Abilene | Texas | PacTiv LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Two employees were removing an air bladder shaft from a paper core inside a plastic roll. The roll was on a pallet on the floor. An employee was stationed at each side of the roll. The injured employee (temporary employee) was pushing the air release valve signaling the other employee to remove the shaft. When the shaft was removed, the injured employee's right index finger was caught between the core and the air release valve causing a fracture/laceration to his right index finger. The inj | |||||
| 2017-01-06 | Abilene | Kansas | Mid Kansas Cooperative | Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| On Friday, January 6, 2017,at 9:30 a.m., an employee was helping a trailer being loaded with fertilizer. As he stepped forward to notify the driver that the trailer was full, he tripped and fell forward, hitting his nose on the step of the semi-trailer. He was hospitalized overnight with a broken nose. | |||||
| 2016-10-11 | Abilene | Kansas | ADM Milling Company | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was straightening a hose when he tripped on the screening blower line and fell down, fracturing his right hip. | |||||
| 2016-09-16 | Abilene | Texas | Abimar Foods Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a jam on an energized packaging machine and amputated the end of the right thumb. | |||||
| 2016-09-14 | Abilene | Texas | FedEx Ground | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was unloading a truck when she slipped and fell into the truck, fracturing her left ankle. She was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-07-28 | Abilene | Texas | Health Care Service Corporation | Arm(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee lost her footing while working in her cubicle and fell to the floor, fracturing her left arm. | |||||
| 2016-05-06 | Abilene | Texas | Abimar Foods | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was removing cookie packages from the conveyor belt when his finger was caught in the bridge of the conveyor belt and pulled under the belt of the machine. The distal phalanges (pinkie) were amputated. The incident happened on 5/6/16 at 8:45 AM. | |||||
| 2016-04-06 | Abilene | Texas | Bandera Drilling | Knee(s) | Animal transportation collision in nonroadway area |
| An employee was breaking a horse when the horse ran into the metal railing of the pen, fracturing the employee's knee. | |||||
| 2016-03-04 | Abilene | Texas | Southwest Convenience Stores | Multiple arm locations | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was walking to her automobile to travel to her next assignment when she fell off a curb at the site and fractured her arm in four locations. She was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-02-09 | Abilene | Texas | Hawkins Air Conditioning and Refrigiration Inc. | Pelvis | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was unloading a new chiller from a truck using the lift gate. While trying to get a dolly off of the truck, the chiller fell on and pinned the employee, fracturing his pelvis. | |||||
| 2016-01-26 | Abilene | Texas | Pumpco, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| While a backhoe was pulling dirt into a hole, it caught the wire on a nearby barbed wired fence. The backhoe pulled the wire out, causing it to strike and break the leg of a nearby employee. | |||||
| 2015-12-17 | Abilene | Texas | Academy, Ltd. | Upper arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking in between aisles and caught her foot on the corner of a table. She fell on her right arm and the right side of her face. She experienced bruising and abrasions to the right side of her face. She was hospitalized for a fractured right arm above the elbow that required surgery. | |||||
| 2015-10-07 | Abilene | Texas | HARRIS ACOUSTICS | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was setting up the site to begin work on a scaffold. When the employee got on the scaffold, the scaffold began to roll. It hit a hole in the floor and fell over. The employee also fell and the scaffold landed on top of him breaking the left leg. | |||||
| 2015-09-18 | Abilene | Texas | CDTS Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was cleaning a trailer with a steam cleaner. The vent was not working correctly and the steam turned to water splashing onto the employee. The employee received first and second degree burns on the arms and chest. | |||||
| 2015-08-26 | Abilene | Texas | Walmart #535 | Arm(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee fell and hit the left arm on the counter fracturing it. | |||||
| 2015-08-18 | Abilene | Kansas | RUSSELL STOVER CANDIES | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects |
| An employee was dumping a plastic trash cart into a compactor. Her right ring fingertip got stuck between the plastic receptacle and the metal frame around it. She sustained a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2015-08-11 | Abilene | Texas | USPS | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was folding a box and the lid flipped up causing her to fall backwards. She used her hand to catch her fall and fractured the left wrist. | |||||
| 2015-06-09 | Abilene | Texas | Pioneer Drive Baptist Church | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee fell and broke both wrists while on a skating field trip. | |||||
| 2015-05-22 | Abilene | Texas | ABM Janitorial Services | Forearm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| On or about May 22, 2015, an employee was cleaning with a sweeper and tripped over the cord and fell. The employee broke a bone in the left arm between the elbow and the wrist and hurt a hip. | |||||
| 2015-01-08 | Abilene | Texas | Scripps NP Operating, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| On January 8, 2015, an Abilene Reporter-News employee was working with the large printing press in the company's press room. He stuck his hand into the roller system and had the skin on his right hand removed ("gloved") by the machine. The employee was taken to Hendricks Medical Center in Abilene, Texas, where he was awaiting surgical intervention. | |||||