Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-16	San Antonio	Tx	Crown Lift Trucks	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was delivering forklift parts to a battery manufacturer when he misstepped and fell to the ground while exiting the van. The employee sustained a left tibia fracture and a dislocated knee.
2021-11-04	San Antonio	Tx	VT San Antonio Aerospace, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was aligning a brace on the landing gear of an airplane to bolt into place. The brace was moved and his right middle finger was caught in the bolt hole. The fingertip was medically amputated.
2021-11-03	San Antonio	Tx	Pierce Sitework	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An excavator had been used to lift a concrete cone to an upper level. When the cone was in place, an employee climbed up it to release the chains securing it to the excavator's coupler. The coupler's jaws closed on his foot, amputating five toes.
2021-11-01	San Antonio	Tx	Moore Supply	Wrist(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting ties on a bundle of PVC pipes when the knife moved back and lacerated his wrist.
2021-10-28	San Antonio	Tx	Costa Solutions, LLC.	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was walking into work from his vehicle when he was hit by a semi-truck in a loading/unloading zone. He suffered broken bones.
2021-10-20	Cochranton	Pa	Miller Printing and Publishing, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was loading paper into a folder unit when the internal blades amputated multiple fingertips.
2021-10-02	San Antonio	Tx	UPS	Fingertip(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
An employee was delivering a package to a resident when the resident's dog came up to the employee from behind and bit their left little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-09-30	Stanton	Tx	PetroLegacy Energy, LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Struck by discharged object or substance
A subcontractor was monitoring a wireline. Employees were filling lubricant to start a pressure test when a piece of iron flew out of the lubricant, striking the injured employee on the right side of the chest. The employee suffered three broken ribs and a hematoma on his liver.
2021-09-29	San Antonio	Tx	Triple S Steel Supply	Nonclassifiable	Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
While walking to his workstation, an employee was stabbed by another employee.
2021-09-28	San Antonio	Tx	Hogan Dedicated Services, LLC	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was beginning to unload a trailer. When he removed a crossbar in the trailer that had been stabilizing some packages during transport, the packages fell. He was knocked out of the trailer to the ground and suffered a broken leg.
2021-09-23	San Antonio	Tx	ALLIED FEEDS, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was transferring grain when their left hand contacted a running grain auger, resulting in a fractured middle finger that required hospitalization.
2021-09-15	San Antonio	Tx	Improved Piping Products Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was moving a hydraulic clamp. His right hand was caught in a pinch point created by the piston, and the ring fingertip was amputated.
2021-09-14	San Antonio	Tx	CRAM ROOFING COMPANY, INC.	Upper arm(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
And employee was removing a corrugated metal roof panel with a claw hammer and chisel. A metal shard shot from the hammer and punctured the employee's upper arm.
2021-09-09	San Antonio	Tx	Steves and Sons, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee had been placing labels on a pallet of doors. A pallet of doors fell off a forklift that was moving in reverse and hit the employee on the back causing contusions.
2021-09-02	San Antonio	Tx	Cribley Enterprises, Inc.	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was spreading gravel on top of a building when a mini loader drove onto his leg and broke it.
2021-08-24	San Antonio	Tx	HEB Grocery Company, LP	Thigh(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was operating a powered pallet jack on a loading dock. The pallet jack collided with a forklift, and the employee suffered a broken femur.
2021-08-14	Canton	Oh	Fresh Mark Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee had just checked the temperature of some product on a trolley and was trying to pull the trolley back into a chiller. The trolley instead followed the overhead rail system to a different chiller, hit the rail stop mechanism there, derailed, and fell to the ground. The employee was pinned under it and suffered a broken left tibia.
2021-08-05	New Stanton	Pa	UPS	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was walking on a loading dock when they slipped and fell to the bottom of the dock, resulting in possible head injuries.
2021-08-02	San Antonio	Tx	Area Wide Protective, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
Three employees were doing highway work when a vehicle went past the barricades and hit them. Two of the three were hospitalized: one (who had been picking up barrels on the grass by the highway) suffered a broken femur and the other (who had been cracking down an arrow board) suffered a head contusion, a shoulder separation, and a shoulder fracture.
2021-07-30	San Antonio	Tx	Hansco Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a 6-foot ladder while removing debris from a ceiling. A piece of cement fell from the ceiling and the employee lost his balance and fell off the ladder, resulting in broken ribs and an injured wrist.
2021-07-24	San Antonio	Tx	Red McCombs	Hand(s)	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was on a break after working on a vehicle. When the employee lit a cigarette, brake cleaner on the employee's hands caused the employee's gloves to ignite. The employee's hands were burned.
2021-07-23	San Antonio	Tx	Keystone Concrete	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was holding plywood form work while another employee was using a wrecking bar. The plywood form struck the employee's right middle finger, causing an amputation to the fingertip.
2021-07-21	San Antonio	Tx	Service Mechanical Group, LLC	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was working on a motor condenser when he received an electrical shock, knocking him backward and resulting in a dislocated shoulder. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time of the incident.
2021-07-14	Stanton	Tx	Byrd Oilfield Services, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
Employees were creating a joint in casing. When the employees reversed out the tongs, the tension in the casing pushed the tongs toward the injured employee. The injured employee's finger was pinched between the casing safety door and the tongs and their fingertip was amputated.
2021-07-08	Canton	Oh	Ohio Gratings, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a machine to cut grating to size when the clamp on the machine amputated their thumb.
2021-07-06	Stanton	Tx	FNF Construction, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was working alongside the paver in the heat and direct sun. Around 4:00 p.m., the employee began to feel ill. The employee was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.
2021-07-03	San Antonio	Tx	Magnolia Pancake Haus	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was working with a sausage stamper and amputated part of her left middle finger.
2021-07-01	San Antonio	Tx	UPS	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee had been unloading parcels. The employee was hospitalized with severe dehydration.
2021-06-25	San Antonio	Tx	Banfield Pet Hospital #1396	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
An employee was bitten on her finger by a cat and was later hospitalized.
2021-06-23	Pleasanton	Tx	NexTier Completion Solutions Inc.	Hand(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was tightening a hose clamp. The hose broke and hot liquid sprayed onto the employee causing third-degree burns to both hands.
2021-06-22	San Antonio	Tx	The Bubble Bath Car Wash	Foot (feet)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was power washing a sidewalk inside a carwash when the washer hose wrapped around the employee, pulling him and causing him to spin down the carwash tunnel. The employee struck his feet against the track of the carwash, resulting in two foot fractures.
2021-06-20	New Stanton	Pa	United Natural Foods, Inc.	Brain	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee was pushing an empty pallet with a pallet jack when the empty pallet got stuck on the pallet jack. The employee tried to get the pallet off the pallet jack while near a post. The pallet jack struck the post and the employee fell off the pallet jack, resulting in a head laceration and possible concussion.
2021-06-18	Pleasanton	Tx	AT&T Inc.	Arm(s)	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was repairing a telephone line using a bucket truck. The line shocked the employee, burning the employee's arm. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-06-18	San Antonio	Tx	Evenflow Home & Commercial Services, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
An employee was in the attic of a residence that was being renovated. Most of the attic floor had been removed. A 3.5' x 3.5' area was covered with a piece of sheetrock. The employee stepped on the sheetrock and fell through it 9 feet to the floor below and sustained contusions.
2021-06-16	San Antonio	Tx	Curran Contracting Company	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian vehicular incident
A road grader struck an employee that was performing surveying work. The employee suffered a broken hip, a broken right foot/ankle, and possibly broken ribs and was hospitalized.
2021-06-09	San Antonio	Tx	SAN ANTONIO LATH AND PLASTERING	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee's right hand was caught in a rotating cement mixer. Two of the employee's fingers were amputated.
2021-06-09	New Stanton	Pa	United Natural Food, Inc.	Leg(s)	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee was using a pallet jack to load a trailer. The jack ran over a piece of broken pallet and the handle of the pallet jack struck the employee in the leg. The employee was hospitalized, suffering from internal bleeding.
2021-06-09	San Antonio	Tx	Mckee Foods Corporation	Nonclassifiable	Nonclassifiable
An employee was taking a break after helping to unload materials when they passed out, resulting in hospitalization.
2021-05-28	Canton	Oh	SUPERIOR DAIRY, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a palletizer and suffered a hand fracture that required surgery.
2021-05-25	San Antonio	Tx	Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas, Inc.	Leg(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee as investigating a leak at roof level beside a parts rack at the final assembly area. As the employee was taking a picture of the leak, he stepped back into the drive path of a dolly train. The employee made contact with the third dolly in the train causing the employee to fall to the ground and fracture a leg.
2021-05-15	Cochranton	Pa	Vitro Flat Glass, LLC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was cleaning an area between silos/platforms. The employee stepped onto an area between silos and fell 10 feet onto enclosed conveyors below. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs and a fractured/dislocated shoulder.
2021-05-11	San Antonio	Tx	Du-Mor Enterprises	Head	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was cutting tree limbs when one of the branches fell, ricocheted off something, and struck the employee in the head. The employee was hospitalized with a large gash on their head and a possible back injury.
2021-04-27	San Antonio	Tx	CFS Forming Structures Co.,Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was on top of a platform (a truss for concrete). A piece of 2-by-4 wood caught his right hand, causing a partial amputation to the middle finger.
2021-04-24	San Antonio	Tx	United States Postal Service	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was caught by a pinch point resulting in a partial amputation of the left ring finger.
2021-04-21	Canton	Ga	T. K. & K. Unlimited, Inc	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee got tangled in a hose while stepping out of his truck. He fell backwards to the pavement, suffering a broken rib and a punctured lung.
2021-04-20	San Antonio	Tx	R.J. Corman Railroad Switching Company LLC.	Hip(s)	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle
An employee was driving a company vehicle within the facility when the vehicle veered off the road and struck a light pole. The employee sustained injury to a wrist, and a dislocated hip.
2021-04-17	San Antonio	Tx	MID CITIES ERECTORS	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving steel beams to the ground when his hand got caught between two beams resulting in broken fingers.
2021-04-17	San Antonio	Tx	Kidd Roofing	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was climbing a ladder up to the roof of a single-story house. The ladder slid out from the employee, who fell to the concrete driveway about 8 feet below. He suffered a broken leg.
2021-04-16	Pleasanton	Tx	NOVA Tuboscope	Eye(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was sweeping around his area and putting trash into the trash can. The employee was picking up the trash by hand when a piece of plastic struck his left eye.
2021-04-15	Canton	Oh	Universal Refractories Corporation	Brain	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was remote-operating a crane at about midnight. A steel beam fell and hit him in the head, knocking him into something hot. He suffered a concussion, a wound on the back of the head that required staples, and burns.
2021-04-15	Canton	Oh	Case Farms Processing, Inc.	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was servicing a machine when it started and the base plate struck the employee, resulting in a 3-centimeter laceration to the right side of their neck.
2021-04-12	San Antonio	Tx	Circle K	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on a wet floor while walking into a men's room to clean it. The employee suffered a broken right leg.
2021-04-12	Canton	Oh	Checkpoint Systems Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was moving product from a skid. The employee tripped over banding on the concrete and floor and fell, suffering a broken hip.
2021-04-09	San Antonio	Tx	Progreso LMMM San Antonio #10, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck against object or equipment
An employee was cleaning a meat saw and amputated their right index fingertip.
2021-04-07	San Antonio	Tx	Core & Main	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
Two employees were moving gate valves from one pallet to another. A gate valve slipped and one of the employees reached out to catch it from falling and pinched his right middle finger between the falling valve and another valve, severing the fingertip.
2021-04-07	San Antonio	Tx	Toennis & Toennis	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was removing an electrical panel when an arc flash occurred. The employee sustained electrical burns to the face, neck, and arms.
2021-04-01	San Antonio	Tx	Texas Fifth Wall Roofing Systems, Inc	Nonclassifiable	Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
An employee was performing a leak repair on the roof of a building. The employee's leg became caught on an object, causing the employee to trip and fall through a skylight approximately 15 feet to the concrete below. The employee sustained broken bones and contusions.
2021-03-31	Jourdanton	Tx	KEYSTONE STRUCTURAL CONCRETE	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was driving a wooden stake into a concrete form with a hammer. The hammer struck the employee's left index fingertip, causing the amputation of the fingertip.
2021-03-27	San Antonio	Tx	Specialized Equipment Contractors	Multiple face locations	Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising
An employee of Specialized Equipment Contractors was operating a boom lift while performing work at a plant. While the employee was turning the boom lift around to bring it to a different location, he boomed up to miss some interferences on the ground level and was struck in the face by a ceiling fan. The employee sustained facial fractures, a broken jaw, and a dislocated tooth.
2021-03-20	San Antonio	Tx	HEB DISTRIBUTION CENTER	Eye(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was moving a pallet from an elevated shelf. A small piece of wood fell from the pallet, striking the employee in the eye.
2021-03-19	Canton	Oh	S. Slesnick Company	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
A temporary employee was taking a measurement from a ladder leaned against a truck trailer. The ladder moved and the employee fell to the ground, suffering fractures. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-03-18	San Antonio	Tx	Altman Specialty Plant	Elbow(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee tripped while opening a shop door from the outside. He fell, breaking his left elbow and injuring his shoulder.
2021-03-15	Pleasanton	Tx	MidCentral Energy Services, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a hydraulic torque wrench to loosen the nuts that held a pump's fluid end to the stay rod bolts. His right little finger was caught between the wrench and a nut that the wrench was braced against. His finger was crushed, and he was hospitalized.
2021-03-14	San Antonio	Tx	Costa Solutions, LLC.	Ankle(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was turning an electric pallet jack when his foot was caught between the pallet jack and a pole resulting in an ankle fracture and laceration.
2021-03-12	San Antonio	Tx	Alfredo Olvera	Knee(s)	Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
An employee twisted his ankle while stepping down a level. He suffered a broken left knee and was hospitalized.
2021-03-05	Pleasanton	Tx	NexTier Completion Solutions	Eye(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was doing maintenance work on a pump. The employee was sprayed in the face with pressurized hydraulic fluid, which lacerated the employee's right eye. The employee was hospitalized and underwent debridement of the eye.
2021-03-05	San Antonio	Tx	Moore Supply	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
While loading a box truck, an employee stepped backward and fell 3-4 feet from the truck to the ground. The employee sustained broken ribs.
2021-03-03	San Antonio	Tx	Anemostat Door Company	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was bending metal in a 50-ton press brake. His finger was caught in a pinch point resulting in amputation of two fingertips and the loss of two fingernails.
2021-03-01	San Antonio	Tx	Securitas Security Services	Forehead	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee tripped and fell while walking on the sidewalk, striking the left side of his face on the sidewalk. The employee suffered a laceration above his left eye that resulted in hospitalization.
2021-02-24	San Antonio	Tx	Sundt Construction, Inc.	Multiple foot (feet) locations	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
A crew was removing steel beams from the work area using a fork lift. There were 10-foot and 30-foot sections of steel beams stacked on dunnage next to each other. After allowing employees to clear approximately 25 feet away from the lift, the forklift operator began to lift a 10-foot section of steel beam. The bottom left flange of the 10-foot beam being lifted caught the top flange of the adjacent 30-foot beam, causing it to fall off the dunnage and onto an employee's foot. The employee's left
2021-02-20	San Antonio	Tx	Dynamic Systems, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was installing a metal air handler hood. It would not fit properly, so he wedged a 2-inch by 4-inch piece of wood in. As he was about to press it with a scissor lift, the wedge slipped out and the hood caught his left middle finger amputating it at the knuckle.
2021-02-19	San Antonio	Tx	Bellezza Granite Co.	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was loading a piece of granite onto a 3' high truck bed. The employee slipped and fell to the ground, breaking his right leg.
2021-02-15	Canton	Ma	QCD	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from the rear of a delivery trailer to the ground while moving products around preparing for delivery. The employee sustained a broken arm.
2021-02-01	San Antonio	Tx	P&S Scale Co Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee drove up the hill in the back lot. When he got out of his truck, it rolled downhill and the driver's side door knocked the employee over.
2021-01-13	San Antonio	Tx	PJS of Texas at San Antonio (Professional Janitorial Service)	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped over a box of fluorescent light bulbs while exiting a maintenance closet. She fell to the ground, injuring her right hip.
2021-01-13	San Antonio	Tx	SAN ANTONIO ZOO	BODY SYSTEMS	Stings and venomous bites
While replacing a venomous snake's water bowl, the snake struck an employee from the opposite side of the exhibit and bit their finger.
2021-01-10	San Antonio	Tx	Progreso LMMM San Antonio #11, LLC	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a hand mixer in a bakery. The mixer's blades caught and lacerated her hand. She was hospitalized.
2021-01-04	Canton	Ms	Vantec Hitachi Transport Systems (USA), Inc.	Heel(s)	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was operating a standup lift and lost control while entering the charging area. As the employee jumped from the lift, his left foot was caught between a floor barrier and the lift, resulting in a fracture to his left heel.
2020-10-19	San Antonio	Tx	GPM Investments	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
An employee was assaulted by a customer during an argument. The employee sustained a broken finger, a cut, and bruises.
2020-10-08	New Stanton	Pa	Murrysville Machinery Company LLC.	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
A piece of steel fell and broke an employee's leg.
2020-10-08	San Antonio	Tx	Tower Semiconductor Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee's hand came into contact with a pinch point on a stepper (a machine that moved wafers during semiconductor manufacturing), and the machine degloved one of the employee's fingers to the knuckle. The finger was later partially amputated.
2020-10-06	San Antonio	Tx	R.J. Corman Railroad Switching Company LLC.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was transitioning from the B deck of a rail car to the rail car side ladder. The employee lost his grip on the ladder and fell approximately six feet striking his backside on the hood of a parked shuttle pickup truck.
2020-10-01	Canton	Sd	Sanford Health	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
An employee tripped while walking up stairs and fell resulting in a tibia fracture.
2020-09-28	Canton	Ga	W & JR Painting	Brain	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was caulking a window from a ladder. The employee fell to the brick patio about 10-12 feet below, suffering a head injury.
2020-09-24	San Antonio	Tx	Brinks Incorporated	Upper and lower limb(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was walking across the warehouse and was struck by and run over by a forklift that was operating in reverse. The employee sustained a fractured right shoulder and left leg.
2020-09-05	San Antonio	Tx	Taco Cabana	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was cooking beans and suffered burns to the stomach area.
2020-09-03	Cochranton	Pa	Vitro Flat Glass, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was performing maintenance work to change/inspect a belt on a blower motor. The employee was removing/inspecting the v-belt from a motor/fan drive sheave and as he was rolling the belt off the sheave his left ring finger got caught between the belt and the sheave resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2020-08-28	San Antonio	Tx	TWC ARCHITECTURAL MOULDING	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was stacking lumber coming out of a moulder. A bundle of MDF slipped off the front of a forklift, hitting the cart holding the lumber. The employee was pinned between the lumber and the moulder, suffering a broken lower left leg.
2020-08-25	Canton	Oh	Superior Dairy, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
A maintenance employee was installing a light while standing on an 8 foot extension ladder. The bottom of the ladder kicked out due to a wet floor and the employee fell. He was hospitalized for a broken ankle.
2020-08-20	New Stanton	Pa	C H & D Enterprises, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was post-tensioning an arch culvert. The post-tensioning machine caught and injured the employee's left thumb. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-08-14	San Antonio	Tx	Discount Tire	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was mounting a tire. The tire machine robot arm's head was pressing against the edge of the lip of the wheel; it then slipped off the wheel and down onto the tire, pinching the employee's right little finger against the tire rim. The finger was amputated.
2020-08-11	San Antonio	Tx	Kay Jewelers #1591	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a ladder while removing stock from a shelf. The employee suffered a broken left leg.
2020-08-08	Stanton	Tx	Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee swung a sledge hammer to hit a hammer union. The sledge hammer missed and caused the employee to lose balance and fall approximately 3 feet, hitting his back on a mud pump module and suction pipe. The employee sustained fractures to the L2, L3, and L4 vertebrae.
2020-08-06	San Antonio	Tx	MAREK BROTHERS SYSTEMS INC	Tooth (teeth)	Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle
An employee broke their teeth on the railing of a boom lift while attempting to navigate the lift onto a curb.
2020-08-05	San Antonio	Tx	IRT Construction Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was replacing forks on a forklift when the forks crushed his ring finger, causing a partial amputation to the fingertip.
2020-08-05	Canton	Oh	Atmosphere Annealing LLC	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An operator was attempting to retrieve a part from a furnace loader when his shoe got caught in a cable, causing him to fall onto his side from a height of about 1 foot. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip.
2020-08-03	Pleasanton	Ks	Fabcon Precast, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
While closing the door to his terminal tractor with his right hand, a maintenance employee's left index finger slipped in-between the door and the door frame, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.
2020-07-30	Cantonment	Florida	ASCEND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.	Head and trunk	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
A maintenance employee was removing a level control valve when he was sprayed with Hexamethylenediamine (HMD). The contents of the pipe were under pressure and the liquid was hot, but less than 100 degrees Celsius. The employee sustained chemical burns and possibly thermal burns to his face and back.
2020-07-30	Canton	Ohio	Aultman Hospital	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
While taking her lunch break, an employee was exposed to another person's vaping, triggering a severe asthma attack that resulted in hospitalization.
2020-07-24	San Antonio	Texas	Urban Concrete Contractors, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
After picking up trash around the work zone an employee was hospitalized for heat stress.