| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-08 | Alvada | Oh | M & B Asphalt Company, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other jump to lower level |
| On July 8, 2021, an employee was on an extension ladder under the silo attempting to tighten a pin located on the inside of the silo. The employee was accessing the pin through a pocket door. The employee was startled and jumped off the ladder landing on a stabilizer bar below. The employee sustained broken ribs. | |||||
| 2020-09-09 | Galva | Ks | Nutrien Ag Solutions | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over self |
| The injured employee was stepping aside to allow another employee to pass by. The injured employee's shoelaces got caught in the metal lace hooks of their planted boot. The employee lost balance, fell to the concrete floor, and sustained a fractured hip. | |||||
| 2020-06-16 | Alvarado | Texas | Oscar Renda Contracting, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| A welder was drilling 2-inch thick steel plate with a magnetic drill. He was brushing filings away from the drill bit when his glove was caught by the drill and his hand was pulled in. The drill bit amputated his left pinky finger above the knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-08-28 | Alvarado | Texas | United Electric Cooperative Services, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle |
| An employee was framing a utility power pole when it rolled onto his right leg, fracturing his tibia and fibula. | |||||
| 2019-04-22 | Alvarado | Texas | Halliburton Energy Services - Jet Research Center | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee placed his right hand on a stack of pipes to stabilize himself to step up onto a platform. The piece of pipe slipped and rolled, pinching his right pinky finger between two pieces of pipe. His fingertip was amputated between the nail and first joint. | |||||
| 2019-03-20 | Alvarado | Texas | Total Pallet Solutions, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was operating a trim saw when one of the chains on the material conveyor jumped the tracks. The employer shut down the saw and proceeded to disconnect the conveyor chain to move it into the correct tooth of the driver sprocket. Once the conveyor chain was loose, the injured employee lifted it out of its track to reposition it and contacted the sawblade, which was still spinning at the time, with the back of his hand. The spinning blade contacted all four fingers of the injured employ | |||||
| 2019-01-02 | Galva | Illinois | Nutrien Ag Solutions, Inc. | Face | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| On January 2, 2019, at 11:30 a.m., an employee was transferring anhydrous ammonia from bullet tanks to two 1,000-gallon nurse wagons when the cross-over line connecting the nurse wagons ruptured, exposing the employee to anhydrous ammonia. He suffered chemical burns to the right side of his face and his respiratory system, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-04-28 | Alvarado | Texas | Quikrete | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to clean off a machine's sensor when the machine started to move. As he attempted to remove his hand, his right middle finger was caught in a chain and sprocket, tearing off his fingertip. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time. | |||||
| 2017-08-29 | Alvarado | Texas | Branch Ironworks, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a punch press when it amputated his fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-08-07 | Alva | Oklahoma | Felderhoff Brothers Drilling | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to remove a pin from a derrick when a forklift operator moved the derrick board unexpectedly. The employee's right thumb was then caught and amputated between the pin and the handrail. | |||||
| 2016-10-22 | Alvarado | Texas | T & T Rock Distribution | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was standing on a conveyor approximately 18 feet high. He was greasing the bearings when he fell to the ground below, breaking multiple bones. | |||||
| 2016-01-21 | Alvarado | Texas | Sabre Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
| An employee was moving a bundle of I-beams on a conveyor when the employee's finger was pinched and amputated under a bundle. | |||||
| 2015-08-12 | Alva | Oklahoma | VENTURE CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| The employee was in a front end loader attempting to lift a railroad tie. She lost her grip on the railroad tie and it fell striking her right hand, middle finger on the bucket blade. Her right middle fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2015-07-14 | Alva | Oklahoma | Felderhoff Brothers Drilling Co. | Skull | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| A vertical 42' section of 4" drilling pipe was being supported by a forklift tine and sash rope for an electric cable installation. The sash broke and the pipe fell to the ground striking a drilling rig worker and causing a skull fracture. | |||||
| 2015-06-19 | Alvarado | Texas | Sabre Industries | Foot (feet) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| While cleaning the plunge plate of a pole using a foot pedal, an employee's left foot fractured after getting caught between the pole and the ladder. | |||||