Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-15	Austin	Tx	Renaissance Austin Hotel	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was working on a 4-foot ladder to change recessed light bulbs for a 10-foot ceiling when he fell from the ladder, resulting in hospitalization due to a possible broken left hip and a left hand injury.
2021-11-13	Austin	Tx	Regency IHS Clinical Consulting, LLC	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee placed a hot pan of butter into a sink of water causing the butter and water to splatter and burn the employee's head, face, neck, left arm, and right upper leg.
2021-11-11	Austin	Tx	Palm Harbor Homes	Multiple back regions	Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
An employee was cutting a 12-inch steel I-beam. A spark from the employee's cutting torch lit the employee's jacket on fire. The employee suffered burns to the upper and lower back.
2021-11-08	Austin	Tx	Tesla, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was installing solar panels on a roof when the standing seam metal roof anchor detached from the roof, causing the employee and the fall protection system to fall to the ground approximately 11.5 feet below. The employee suffered fractures to their vertebrae, wrist, and hand.
2021-11-03	Austin	Tx	4MC Enterprises LLC	Leg(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was walking through a corridor when his legs gave out, causing him to fall to the floor. The employee's left leg was broken.
2021-10-26	Austin	Tx	Halstruc Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting plywood pieces with a circular saw. The blade jammed. When the employee freed it up, it moved forward and cut the employee's left index, middle, ring, and little fingers. The middle finger was amputated.
2021-10-23	Austin	Tx	D Guerra Construction LLC	Brain	Excavation or trenching cave-in
Two employees were in a sewer line trench when it collapsed. One of them was buried completely and suffered swelling of the brain.
2021-10-14	Austin	Tx	Flextronics America, LLC	Multiple upper extremities locations	Nonclassifiable
On October 14, 2021, an employee was trying to maneuver a powered industrial truck off a dock leveler near warehouse racking. The truck was caught on the dock leveler; as the employee moved it side to side to free it, the employee's left hand was caught between the truck's handle and a warehouse racking column. The employee suffered a crushing injury to the hand, wrist, and forearm (with no fracture or dislocation) and was hospitalized for surgery.
2021-09-20	Austinburg	Oh	Delta Railroad Construction Inc	Foot (feet)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was hooking up a metal buggy to an overhead crane. The metal buggy fell and crushed the employee's foot. The employee's was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
2021-09-20	Austin	Tx	Texas Home Health Hospice-Austin, LLC.	Hand(s)	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
A nurse was visiting a patient's home to change out the regulator on the patient's oxygen tank. Oxygen from the tank ignited causing third degree burns to the employee's hands.
2021-08-31	Austin	Tx	Spectrum Communications	Knee(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
An employee was installing cable service in an attic. He fell through a sheet rock ceiling, landing about 9 feet below and suffered a broken right kneecap.
2021-08-23	Austin	Tx	Volt Info Sciences dba Volt Workforce Solutions	Knee(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell from a conveyor belt, landing on the floor 1 1/2 feet below and suffering a broken right knee.
2021-08-20	Austin	Tx	United Airlines	Lower leg(s)	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee was driving an airport tug when it ran over chocks. The employee was ejected and the tug ran over his left lower leg, breaking it.
2021-08-19	Austin	Tx	Construction Metal Products	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Employees were sliding a 12-foot steel column when one employee's right hand was caught between the column and a metal plumbing sleeve. The employee's little fingertip was amputated at the first knuckle.
2021-08-17	Austin	Tx	Toshiba Business Solutions, Inc.	Thoracic region	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee and a co-worker were delivering a copier to a client. While using the stairs and a stair climber device for copiers, the machine fell and landed on the employee, who then fell down the stairwell. The employee suffered multilevel spinous process fractures from the T4-T10 levels that required hospitalization.
2021-08-17	Austin	Tx	Adk Environmental Inc	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was mowing on a slope around a pond. The mower lost traction, flipped over once, and landed back upright. The employee was hospitalized with broken ribs.
2021-07-30	Austin	Tx	EMR Elevator, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was repairing an elevator door and fell from the top of the elevator cab to the bottom of the elevator shaft. The employee sustained broken arms, collapsed lungs, a head injury, a chest injury, a stomach injury, an abdominal injury, and blood clots.
2021-07-27	Austin	Tx	Henry Power Electric, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was doing a hot check in the garage of a high-rise. He came into contact with electrical equipment and was shocked.
2021-07-22	Austin	Tx	G&H Construction and Remodeling LLC	Ankle(s)	Fall, slip, trip
An employee tripped on the metal webbing of a set of bleachers. The employee fell, suffering a broken left ankle, and was hospitalized.
2021-07-21	Austin	Tx	Comal County Erectors LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level
An employee was laying sheet metal decking at a roof elevation. He fell from the roof to a slab of concrete, suffering broken ribs and a broken pelvis.
2021-07-19	Austin	Tx	Trio Electric, LLC	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was on a section of an extension ladder, installing caulking in a wall approximately 8 to 10 feet from the floor level. The ladder slipped away from the wall and the employee fell to the ground, suffering a broken right arm requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2021-07-18	Austin	Tx	Brinker International, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a slicer to cut vegetables and amputated the tip of his right thumb.
2021-07-16	Austin	Tx	R2 Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was shredding plastic material when their middle finger was pulled into the shredder, resulting in amputation.
2021-07-14	Austin	Tx	Direct Roofing, Inc.	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a portable ladder, installing a metal awning over a doorway. The employee fell from the ladder to the concrete ground, suffering a broken wrist.
2021-06-28	Austin	Tx	Ericsson Wireless Communications INC	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee and a co-worker were unloading a cable spool weighing approximately 500 to 600 pounds from a trailer. The spool shifted and fell from the edge of the trailer onto the employee's lower right leg, resulting in a fracture that required surgery.
2021-06-21	Austin	Tx	HN GLOBAL, LLC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
Three employees were demolishing a wall inside a clean room. One of them was holding a base plate while a wall panel was removed. The panel dislodged and fell on the employee's right thumb, injuring it. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2021-06-17	Austin	Tx	ICU Medical	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was descending a fixed ladder on a conveyor system. He fell backward off the ladder onto the concrete floor, suffering a right midfoot fracture dislocation and a left intra-articular distal tibia and fibula fracture. He was hospitalized.
2021-06-13	Austin	Tx	Crossmark, Inc.	Pelvis	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was walking and moved to avoid a customer who was also walking. The employee tripped and fell to the concrete floor, resulting in a pelvis fracture that required hospitalization.
2021-06-04	Austin	Tx	Continental Homes of Texas, L.P.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was chipping up concrete around an air conditioning slab using a hammer. A sharp piece of concrete dislodged and struck his chest causing internal bleeding.
2021-06-01	Austin	Tx	Builder's FirstSource	Knee(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
A temporary employee was bending down to pick up a lateral support block when his nail gun fired a nail into his right knee.
2021-05-06	Austin	Tx	FQSR LLC dba Kbp Foods	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was frying chicken. The employee opened the lid to the chicken fryer after a timer went off and hot oil spilled out striking his face, chest, and both arms and causing burns.
2021-04-16	Austin	Tx	Averitt Express	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
An employee was unloading freight from a truck. The pallet holding the freight slid and the lift gate came down on the employee's left foot, breaking the foot and the ankle.
2021-03-26	Austin	Tx	Now Specialties, Inc.	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was filling up a boom lift with a 5-gallon diesel can. He fell from the top of the boom lift's wheel to the ground and his face hit the fuel can. He suffered a cut above his left eyebrow and nose from the fuel can, as well as a broken neck vertebra and a contusion to the right hand from the fall.
2021-03-23	Austin	Tx	Baxton Construction Services, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was descending from a column form. He slipped and fell to the concrete about 3 1/2 feet below, suffering a broken wrist and broken vertebrae.
2021-03-12	Austin	Tx	Penhall Company	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was working in a basement, keeping the area secure while other employees drilled down from the floor above. The concrete core drilled out from the floor above fell down, struck the rim of the core-catching bucket, then fell about 15 feet further, striking the employee's hardhat and then the back of his head and neck. He suffered a laceration to the back of the head and a ruptured cervical disk.
2021-03-06	Austin	Tx	Patriot Erectors, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was cutting welds loose on a steel assembly. The assembly broke loose and struck the employee, resulting in a fractured sternum, fractured collarbone, two fractured ribs, a bruised lung, and a fractured toe.
2021-02-09	Austin	Tx	SLATER PAINTING COMPANY	Arm(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
A Slater Painting employee was working from a scaffold inside an elevator shaft between the first and second floor and was struck by a hammer drill dropped by an employee of another company that was working on the 15th floor. The employee sustained a broken arm.
2021-02-09	Austin	Tx	Capital Concrete, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was stripping a metal and concrete form when the bracket they were harnessed to failed and the employee fell 4-6 feet to the ground, resulting in injuries and possible hospitalization.
2021-01-25	Austin	Tx	J.T. Vaughn Construction, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee was operating a utility loader and backed up into a horizontal beam. The employee sustained a broken rib.
2021-01-13	Austin	Tx	P&J Arcomet LLC	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was using a crane to move a longform pan for framers on the twelfth story of a construction site. The crane's load struck the tie-off safety lines for two framer's fall harnesses, causing them to fall to the eleventh story 12-14 feet below. Both employees were hospitalized.
2021-01-08	Austin	Tx	Martin Marietta	Upper and lower limb(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee tripped in a shallow, grass-covered hole by a roadside. He fell, suffering fractures to the left knee and right wrist.
2020-10-20	Austin	Tx	Aginomoto Foods North American Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was cleaning a fryer when a bucket was tipped over, spilling a foaming alkaline caustic cleaner that burned the employee.
2020-10-19	Austin	Tx	Facility Solutions Group, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee reached down to brush debris from the outrigger of a bucket truck. The outrigger retracted and amputated the employee's fingers.
2020-10-19	Austin	Tx	Nordstrom	Knee(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee fell and injured her knee while delivering an order to a customer's car in the mall parking lot.
2020-10-09	Austin	Tx	BRZ Granie and Marble LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was standing in front of a slab of quartz that was being moved by a forklift. The slab of quartz fell from the forklift and the employee attempted to stop the slab from falling. The slab struck his hand and amputated four fingers.
2020-10-05	Austin	Tx	Cece's Veggie Co	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was driving a lift truck and caught his left foot between the lift truck and a bollard. The employee's left lower leg and foot were injured.
2020-09-03	Austin	Tx	U.S. Postal Service	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in throwing-multiple episodes
An employee began having stomach pains while tossing packages on a conveyor. The employee was later hospitalized with a hernia.
2020-08-17	Austin	Tx	Dan Williams Company	Foot (feet)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
The injured employee was standing in a hole with a pipe in it during road construction. The employee was unloading bags of concrete from an excavator bucket in preparation for pouring the concrete around the pipe in the hole. The excavator bucket was lowered onto the employee's left foot. The employee was hospitalized for a crushing injury to the left foot that required surgery.
2020-08-04	Austin	Tx	Osburn Contractors	Heart	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was hospitalized for a heart attack, possibly related to heat stress.
2020-07-15	Austin	Texas	C.C Carlton Industries. Ltd.	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was putting a grease container on a fuel service truck at the fueling station. He tripped and fell on the ground, sustaining a dislocated knee that required surgery.
2020-07-14	Austin	Texas	Central Texas Refuse Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was picking up trash on a route and operating the levers that put the sweep blade into motion to sweep recycling materials into the body of the rear-load truck. The sweep blade knocked some of the material out of the hopper. The employee was pushing material back into the hopper when his left hand was caught by the sweep blade. The thumb on his left hand was pinched and broken.
2020-06-24	Austin	Texas	Airco Mechanical LTD	Nonclassifiable	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee working on air conditioning vents fell through an opening to a lower level. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-05-27	Austin	Texas	Berg Electric Corp.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee lost his balance while climbing down a ladder between the 22nd and 21st floor of a new construction and fell approximately 6 feet, breaking his right leg above the ankle.
2020-05-04	Austin	Texas	TEXANA DRYWALL CONSTRUCTION, INC.	Elbow(s) and arms(s)	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee was walking a scissor lift up a ramp. The lift rolled back and caught the employee's right arm against a wooden platform. The arm was broken at the forearm and elbow.
2020-05-01	Austin	Texas	Navejas Electric	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
Two electrical workers suffered a 480-volt shock. They were hospitalized.
2020-04-29	Austin	Texas	PGC General Contractors LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee lifted the tongue of a generator to move it when his finger was caught/pinched between the jack and tongue. This resulted in a partial amputation of the right index fingertip.
2020-04-28	Austin	Texas	Unlimited Steel Inc.	Brain	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was lifting a hollow structural steel rib for a dome when a hollow steel section broke off and struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion.
2020-04-27	Austin	Texas	Quanta Telecommunication Services LLC	Hand(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was carrying a 6-foot-long and 5-inch-diameter pipe filled with dirt when he tripped into a 2-foot-deep ditch. He fell on top of the pipe with his hand between the pipe and ground. He sustained a fracture to his right hand that required surgery.
2020-04-23	Austin	Texas	Austin Armature Works, LP	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity
Two employees were troubleshooting a variable-frequency drive. As one of the employees was removing the wires from the bottom of the control disconnect, a wire touched the frame of the drive, causing an arc flash that burned the employee's right hand and face.
2020-04-23	Austin	Texas	CAPFORM, INC.	Multiple back regions	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
Two employees were taking cross-braces off a shoring tower and handing them to a third employee at the base of the frame. They were working from the top down, and had removed the braces from the top two sections; as they began to remove the braces from the bottom section, the tower tipped over and landed on the employee on the ground. The employee suffered three broken vertebrae and three dislocated vertebrae in the back.
2020-03-26	Austin	Texas	Prism Electric	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was unrolling waterproof conduit on a roof. He tripped over a fall protection anchor installed in the roof and fell backwards onto a 3-inch plumbing vent pipe that extended 14 inches above the roof. He suffered several cracked ribs.
2020-03-20	Austin	Texas	Prestige Contractor's Supply LLC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee tripped and fell to the cement while unloading materials. He suffered a broken hip and was hospitalized.
2020-03-20	Austin	Texas	Pinnergy, Ltd.	Multiple body parts	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
A vacuum truck driver was loading his truck with salt water from a tank battery. The truck rolled backward and pinned him to a firewall, severely injuring his right leg and abdomen. He was hospitalized.
2020-03-13	Austin	Texas	TCS Mechanical LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
An employee was using a manual pipe dolly to move a pipe fabrication into a building for installation. He was guiding the pipe along the path when his right thumb was pinched between the pipe fabrication and an existing support, resulting in a partial transphalangeal amputation of the right thumb.
2020-03-12	Austin	Texas	Ross Construction, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone
An employee was struck by a motor vehicle in a construction zone, suffering a broken clavicle, ribs, and pelvis.
2020-03-11	Austin	Texas	Airco Mechanical, Ltd.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was on a metal, fixed ladder. He was opening the roof hatch to go onto the roof when he fell about 12-14 feet to the floor, hitting a sink faucet and the ladder on the way down. The employee was hospitalized with multiple rib fractures on the left side, a fractured scapula, and a bruised lung.
2020-03-05	Austin	Texas	Ascension Seton Southwest	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell in a staff bathroom. Her left shoulder struck the wall between the table and the toilet and was broken.
2020-03-01	Austin	Texas	LSG Sky Chefs	Skull	Other fall to lower level
On March 1, 2020, at approximately 5:40 a.m., the injured employee was catering a flight with employees 2 and 3. While the catering box on the lift truck was elevated, employees 2 and 3 were closing the aircraft's door and heard a noise. They observed the injured employee on the ground below. It is believed that the injured employee was inside the catering box while it was raised to service the aircraft and fell out after the box's door was opened. The injured employee sustained a skull fracture
2020-02-28	Austin	Texas	True Blue Granite*	Foot (feet)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was moving a granite slab. The slab fell on the employee's foot, breaking it; the employee was hospitalized.
2020-02-25	Austin	Texas	Ascension Dell Children's Medical Center	Foot (feet)	Other fall to lower level
An employee had parked their vehicle in an offsite parking garage on the third level and proceeded to the south stairwell to go down to the shuttle bus on the ground floor. The employee missed a stair and fell, sustaining fractures to the second, third, and fourth metatarsals of the left foot.
2020-02-16	Austin	Texas	Ultra Clean Technology, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a tube squaring machine to cut tubes. The employee had turned off the machine in order to tighten the clamping shell. The machine had not come to a full stop as the employee moved his right hand into position to turn the tensioning screw. While turning the tensioning screw, the employee’s right hand slipped and his right ring finger contacted the square tube blade resulting in a fingertip amputation without bone loss.
2020-02-10	Austin	Texas	Spectrum Communications	Lower extremities	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was ascending a portable ladder attached to a telephone pole in order to replace a coaxial cable known as a "cable drop." The ladder was resting against the telephone pole and was connected to the base with a ladder strap. While climbing, the employee fell approximately 16 feet from the ladder to the ground and sustained multiple fractures to the lower limbs.
2020-02-07	Austin	Texas	St. David's	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking through entrance sliding doors when the employee tripped on a mat that was in the doorway and fell onto the floor, fracturing the right knee.
2020-02-01	Austin	Texas	Archer Hotel Austin	Multiple body parts	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
An employee received burns to his neck, face, head, and both forearms after an aerosol paint can exploded, requiring hospitalization.
2020-02-01	Austin	Texas	Osburn Contractors, LLC	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Employees were using an extending boom forklift to move a dumpster. The injured employee was securing the dumpster to the forklift forks with chains. The employee's foot was leveraged against the side of a railing when the dumpster and forklift shifted slightly and pinched the employee's toes between the dumpster and the railing. As a result, two of the employee's right toes were amputated.
2020-01-13	Austin	Texas	Direct Airflow Distrbutors, Inc	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was attempting to exit a tractor trailer by climbing over a pallet when he fell approximately 4 to 5 feet out of the trailer and onto the ground, breaking his left hip.
2020-01-09	Austin	Texas	Empire Steel Erectors, LP	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was guiding a hoisted bundle of decking. The decking swung and pinned the employee's left hand against a structural steel frame. His index finger was amputated.
2020-01-06	Austin	Texas	INTEL CORPORATION	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
While walking to his car, an employee tripped going down stairs and fell to the ground, breaking his neck.
2019-09-24	Austin	Texas	Colorado River Constructors	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was climbing a portable ladder. The ladder slipped and the employee fell onto a shovel 4 or 5 feet below, suffering bruised ribs and a partially collapsed right lung. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-09-19	Austin	Texas	Austin HLK,Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was replacing a separator cap on a back engine on a sweeping truck when the blades on the radiator fan amputated two of the employee's fingertips.
2019-09-16	Austin	Texas	HEB	Foot (feet)	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
An employee was operating a power jack. As he was walking backwards he was caught between his power jack and another stationary power jack. The power jack he was operating rolled over his right foot causing a laceration and multiple fractures.
2019-09-16	Austin	Texas	Texas Green Semicon	Hand(s)	Contact with cold objects or substances
An employee was performing maintenance on a photo tool. Afterward, he added refrigerant to the tool, which began to leak. He attempted to stop the leak and contacted the refrigerant, burning both of his hands.
2019-08-27	Austin	Texas	Altman Specialty Plants Inc.	Brain	Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
After performing her duties, an employee was parking the tractor at the dock. The tractor went off the dock and the employee was hospitalized with a fractured skull and a subdural hematoma.
2019-08-19	Austin	Texas	HRT Construction Inc.	Wrist(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee cut his left wrist using unguarded grinder with a saw blade.
2019-08-15	Austin	Texas	St. David's Medical Center	Forearm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee tripped while exiting a room and fell to the floor, suffering a broken right lower forearm.
2019-08-13	Austin	Texas	Balcones Resources (Recycling)	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was operating a roll-off truck when he began to feel a tingling in his arm and became short of breath. He was hospitalized for heat stress/exhaustion.
2019-08-09	Austin	Texas	Capitol Concrete Contractors, Inc.	Face	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was working near a concrete pump truck that had a hose and hose clamp connected to the exterior output connection of the truck. The truck was pumping concrete when the hose clamp broke off and struck the employee in the face. The employee suffered facial lacerations.
2019-08-07	Austin	Texas	CVII-Shoreline LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was walking around the property when he became dizzy and had to sit down. He was hospitalized due to heat stress.
2019-08-05	Austin	Texas	Patriot Erectors , LLC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was tied off in a scissor lift approximately 15 feet high when a beam broke loose and overturned the scissor lift. The employee sustained a shattered wrist and fractured hip.
2019-07-31	Austin	Texas	Keystone Concrete	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was helping a carpenter place handrail/guardrail material around pier holes, as well as moving lumber from material storage to the work area. He began to sweat excessively, then felt cramps down both legs, his arms, and his abdomen as well as nausea. He was hospitalized, suffering from heat-related dehydration.
2019-07-25	Austin	Texas	Daryl Flood Logistics, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was putting a box into a trash compactor when his leg was caught in the compactor, breaking his left tibia and deeply lacerating his leg above the left knee.
2019-07-24	Austin	Texas	Select Employment Services Incorporated	Arm(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A temporary employee's right arm was caught between two slabs of concrete, causing deep lacerations.
2019-07-23	Austin	Texas	Thomas Printworks	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee was making a delivery at a customer's job site. He went to step into the job site trailer when his left foot became stuck on the threshold, causing him to lose balance and hit both knees against the wall of the trailer. He then collapsed to the floor inside the trailer. He fractured both kneecaps.
2019-07-18	Austinburg	Ohio	Moran Foods LLC	Lower leg(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was operating a pallet jack when it collided with a moving forklift. The employee fell from the pallet jack and the forklift ran over and broke his lower left leg.
2019-07-15	Austin	Texas	Schwartz Plumbing Company, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee had been shoveling sand when he felt light-headed and dizzy and fell to his knees. The employee suffered from dehydration and heat illness.
2019-07-07	Austin	Texas	Amazon.com.kyde LLC	Coccygeal region	Animal and insect related incidents, n.e.c.
On July 7, 2019, an employee arrived at a gated residence to deliver a shipment. The front door was located in the rear of the residence past the garage. To access the front porch, the employee entered the gated property. The employee was then attacked by a dog and hopped over the fence, hitting the ground and landing on the tailbone. The employee was hospitalized with fractured vertebrae.
2019-06-20	Austin	Texas	Colorado River Construction, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was installing bracing on the edge form as the crew prepared a bridge for a deck pour. The employee began to feel hot and thirsty and then fainted. He was hospitalized for heat stress.
2019-06-19	Austin	Texas	ATX Environmental Solutions	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a 3-way valve (ball type), using a 10-inch screwdriver to remove process powder. A vacuum hose was attached to the other end of the 3-way valve to suck out the powder removed by the screwdriver. While he was cleaning, the screwdriver became stuck inside the valve. After several attempts to remove the screwdriver from the valve, the employee then placed his hand on the side of the valve to generate force to remove the screwdriver. Once the screwdriver was freed from the v
2019-06-13	Austin	Texas	Patriot Erectors Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was standing on a level surface and was using his hands to guide an iron column, which was being moved by a small tower crane. As he was guiding the suspended column, his finger was caught between a flange of the column and a tie-back cable (for a swing-stage) that was behind him. This resulted in a crushed right index finger and a laceration to the right middle finger. Following the injury, his right index fingertip was amputated at the hospital (from the top knuckle up), and his mi
2019-06-13	Austin	Texas	Medxcel Facilities Management, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was removing line from a trimmer/weedwhacker when he injured his right index finger, suffering a potential fracture.