Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-10-14 | Alpine | Tx | Rio Grande Electric Cooperative, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was inspecting and cleaning a probe on a newly installed power distribution transformer, after ensuring that the fuses were disconnected. The employee's left index finger touched powered equipment and the employee was shocked. | |||||
2020-07-09 | Alpine | Texas | REECE ALBERT, INC. | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee fell from a conveyor, landing about 10 feet below and breaking his kneecap. | |||||
2019-09-10 | Alpine | California | Viejas Casino & Resort | Hand(s) | Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was moving a dresser out of a hotel room in order to refinish it. A metal rim on the bottom of the dresser cut the employee's hand and severed a tendon. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-10-13 | Alpine | Texas | Pumpco Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Employees were picking up a piece of pipe that was about 5 inches wide and 42 inches in diameter to load it on a trailer when the pipe shifted and struck an employee on the left thigh pinning his leg between the pipe and the trailer. The employee was admitted to the hospital for surgery on his broken left tibia. | |||||
2015-11-13 | Alpine | Texas | Yarborough Ranches, LP | Multiple body parts | Other in-flight crash into structure, object, or ground |
An employee was counting deer while conducting a wildlife survey from a helicopter. The helicopter crashed into the side of a mountain. The employee broke their right femur and ankle, and possibly fractured three vertebrae. | |||||
2015-11-13 | Alpine | Texas | Concho Aviation, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Aircraft incident |
An employee was hospitalized with injuries sustained during a helicopter crash. | |||||
2015-04-27 | Alpine | Texas | Nunley Brothers Ranch | Nonclassifiable | Stings and venomous bites |
An employee was bitten by a rattlesnake while working in a pasture. | |||||
2015-04-21 | Alpine | California | U.S. FOREST SERVICE - DESCANSO RANGER DISTRICT | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee suffered a heat-related injury during a PT hike. The employee started to feel dizzy. He collapsed, but remained conscious. First aid was rendered at the scene and the employee was admitted to the hospital. | |||||
2015-01-11 | Alpine | New Jersey | NORTH JERSEY MEDIA GROUP, INC. | Ankle(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
A reporter slipped and broke two bones in her left ankle while reporting on hiking at the Palisades Interstate Park in Alpine NJ. She was hospitalized overnight. |