| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2015-06-19 | 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. | |||||