Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-07-29	Beaumont	Tx	Chemtrade Refinery Service Inc	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Two employees were investigating a 4-inch spent sulfuric acid line to see what was needed for repairs. The line ruptured and sprayed acid on both employees. One suffered burns to his hands and the lower part of his body. He was hospitalized.
2021-07-22	Beaumont	Ms	HOOD INDUSTRIES, INC.	Foot (feet)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was making repairs on a dryer when a come-a-long chain holding a 250-pound diagonal brace broke. The brace fell and struck the employee's foot, fracturing it.
2021-06-10	Beaumont	Tx	Federal Correctional Complex, Beaumont	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was carrying pots and pans to a drying rack when they slipped and fell, resulting in a broken leg that required hospitalization and surgery.
2021-05-28	Beaumont	Tx	Nighthawk Services	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by discharged object or substance
At 11:00 a.m. on May 28, 2021, an employee was bracing the lid of a shaft plate by standing against it. The water stream from a high-power pressure washer struck him in the back, causing a laceration and a collapsed lung. He was hospitalized.
2021-03-10	Beaumont	Tx	D J'S BOUDAIN, INC.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning an industrial mixer when the mixer activated. The employee's right hand was crushed by the mixing paddle, resulting in surgical amputation of the right hand.
2021-02-19	Beaumont	Tx	Diversified CPC - Beaumont	Multiple body parts	Contact with cold objects or substances
An employee was disconnecting a liquid transfer hose from a transport tank and noticed a leak from the valve at the end of the hose. As he checked the valve and rotated the valve handle, the mechanical stop tab broke, causing liquid propane to be released. The employee sustained burns to the abdomen, right knee, and right elbow.
2021-02-17	Beaumont	Tx	JoAnn Stores LLC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was working in the receiving room unpacking boxes when the employee tripped over a box. The employee fell to the concrete floor, sustaining a fractured hip.
2020-09-09	Beaumont	Tx	Energy Transfer Operating, L.P.	Nonclassifiable	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee entered the subfloor to survey the area before submitting a plan for repair. There is a submersible pump and an electrical outlet for the pump to plug into under the subfloor. The employee touched an electrical source and sustained an electrical shock. The employee sustained a burn injury, internal damage, and was rendered unconscious. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-05-05	Beaumont	Texas	Gulfstar Industries LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was lowering a transfer hose between two liquid cargo barges. The winch started to free-spool and the hand crank came out of its seat. The employee was putting the hand crank back in to stop the winch from free-spooling, when the gears on the winch caused a partial amputation of a finger on the right hand and a fracture.
2020-04-08	Beaumont	Texas	SSA Gulf, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was unloading cargo. When he cut a banding strap, the cargo shifted and crushed his pinky finger. The fingertip was amputated.
2020-04-02	Beaumont	Texas	Allstate Signal & Construction, LLC.	Multiple trunk locations	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was using a tagline to guide a crane that was lifting a sign to a post when the employee went near a powerline and it arced over to the crane. The employee was hit with an arc flash, suffering second and third degree burns to the stomach and back.
2020-01-17	Beaumont	Texas	Cooper/Ports America, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was helping to move cargo when his left-hand fingers were caught in a pinch point on the load, resulting in a laceration and dislocation.
2020-01-07	Beaumont	Mississippi	HOOD INDUSTRIES INC.	Upper arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing a piece of wood from the infeed of a dryer. A sprocket caught his jacket, and the chain and sprocket abraded and burned the bottom and underside of his right upper arm.
2019-09-15	Beaumont	Texas	Amerit Fleet Solutions Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Bites and stings
An employee was bitten by a spider while driving a vehicle, requiring hospitalization for an infection.
2019-09-03	Beaumont	Texas	Wyatt Field Service Company	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was moving a pipe dolly to a staged piping area. An extended boom forklift's right front tire struck the employee, who suffered a broken pelvis and a broken left femur.
2019-08-27	Beaumont	Texas	Del Papa Distrubuting Company (Beaumont)	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was having shortness of breath and difficulty breathing while delivering beverages to various locations. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration.
2019-07-29	Beaumont	Texas	Aspen Rayn Enterprises, LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
An employee was on a roof guiding insulated roof panels into place to secure them into steel beams with self-tapping bolts. He was working with two other employees who were in a scissor lift. The roof panel slipped from the beam at the peak before being secured and fell to the scissor lift below. This caused the other end of the lift to teeter upward, making contact with a 7,620-volt powerline. All three employees were shocked and received electrical burns. The employee on the roof fell approxi
2019-07-10	Beaumont	Texas	Triangle Concrete Services	Multiple head locations	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was installing culvert ends. While removing a temporary light, the light fell and struck his head. He was hospitalized with scalp and facial lacerations.
2019-06-22	Beaumont	Texas	Walmart	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell 4 feet from a ladder to the concrete ground while pulling a boxed lawn mower down. The employee suffered head and brain injuries.
2019-06-06	Beaumont	Texas	Vector Contracting, Inc.	Multiple face locations	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
As it was being removed from the ground, a 20-foot section of sheet piling struck an employee in the face, causing fractures to the upper jaw and the orbit of the left eye.
2019-05-12	Beaumont	Texas	The Kroger Company	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was walking down stairs, missed a step and fell fracturing the right hip.
2019-04-04	Beaumont	Texas	Wire Mesh Texas LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
On April 4, 2019, an employee became ill while operating a wire drawing machine. The employee was hospitalized due to carbon monoxide exposure.
2019-03-25	Beaumont	Texas	Richard Construction, Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was welding an 24-inch diameter flange to a pipe that was attached to a weld positioner. The flange and the pipe combined weighed approximately 1,500 to 1,600 pounds. The employee went into the pipe to check the completed partial weld on the opposite end of where the positioner was located. The employee's feet were hanging outside the open end of the pipe. The weld broke causing the pipe and the employee to fall to the floor. The employee's feet were caught between the beveled ended
2019-02-13	Beaumont	Texas	Zachry Industrial, Inc.	Forearm(s)	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was disassembling a scaffold and reaching for a scaffold pole when he fell forward into another horizontal scaffold pole causing a fractured right forearm.
2019-02-06	Beaumont	Texas	Newtron Beaumont LLC	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity
Employees were terminating cables at a job site. The electrical room was locked out and all grounds were applied. The employees had finished the task and were grabbing their tools. As they were walking out, an arc flash occurred and caused burns to the injured employee's right hand and face.
2018-09-20	Beaumont	Texas	SAIA Motor Freight	Knee(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell backwards while exiting from a trailer. His right knee hit the tongue-side of a dolly below, before he fell to the ground. He fractured both kneecaps and suffered tendon injuries in both knees.
2018-09-19	Beaumont	Texas	UPS	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee started feeling hot after finishing his route as a service provider driver. He then experienced muscle cramps and vomiting, requiring hospitalization for dehydration.
2018-09-18	Beaumont	Texas	PC Pfeiffer	Lower extremities	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was operating a forklift to pull a load of wood pulp from a three-high stow in a warehouse. He grabbed a load from the stack with the clamp and was backing out when the load pulled an adjacent bundle, causing it to become unstable. The adjacent bundle fell against the forklift mast, causing the forklift to tip over. The employee suffered a left forearm laceration and a crushed left leg above the ankle, which required amputation.
2018-09-12	Beaumont	Texas	Primoris Field Services	Multiple trunk locations	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was performing abrasive blasting when a pipe made contact with his blasting hood and slid down his chest and waist area, knocking him to the ground. He suffered fractures on his spine and pelvic area.
2018-08-16	Beaumont	Texas	Gulfco Forge Company LLC	Ankle(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was on the roller bed of a band saw to re-measure the next cut that he was going to make when a steel piece (22" x 26" cross section and 7" long) that was previously cut fell on him, fracturing his left ankle.
2018-07-31	Beaumont	Texas	Total Petrochemicals & Refinery USA, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee lifted the lid to the glue cooling area of the machine to examine the equipment for issues. The lid covers two pulleys; one is 4 feet and the other is 16 inches in diameter. When he lifted the lid, it swung back and he raised his left hand to protect himself. He then lost balance and tried to steady himself with his right hand by placing it on the belt. His right hand got caught in the pulleys and when he pulled back, he suffered avulsions to his ring, pinky and middle fingers requir
2018-07-24	Beaumont	Texas	Williams Brothers Construction Co., Inc	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was helping a crew lift a welded steel beam that came apart and fell. The beam hit a metal pipe that then hit the employee's lower leg, fracturing and lacerating it.
2018-05-30	Beaumont	Texas	M&T Pallet Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was disassembling wooden pallets when his left hand went into the rotating circular band saw. The saw blade amputated his left thumb and finger behind the fingernail. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-04-25	Beaumont	Texas	AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP	Thigh(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee lost control of a chainsaw and lacerated his right thigh. Personal protective equipment was not worn at the time.
2018-03-26	Beaumont	Texas	HD Supply Construction Supply, Ltd.	Head and neck	Fall on same level
An employee was walking in the rebar shop when he fell to the floor, suffering facial contusions and an injury to the vertebrae in his neck.
2018-03-04	Beaumont	Texas	Bison Specialty Services	Hand(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was inspecting his equipment to make sure all safety equipment was in place and properly operating. He was moving a flex lance to another tube when the dump valve was engaged. High-pressure water from the flex lance tip released and cut his left hand.
2018-02-15	Beaumont	Texas	Zummo Meat Co., Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning the meat grinding machine. The machine was turned on while the employee's hand was inside resulting in amputation of the right index, middle, ring and pinky fingers at the first knuckle.
2017-10-06	Beaumont	Texas	Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Fall, slip, trip
An employee fell while installing safety clamps. During the fall, the employee's left pinky finger was caught and partially amputated between a safety clamp and a pipe.
2017-09-26	Beaumont	Texas	Federal Prison Beaumont	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a meat slicer to cut tomatoes when the machine cut and amputated the employee's right thumb tip.
2017-09-05	Beaumont	Texas	Republic Services	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
After emptying trash containers on a rear-load truck, an employee experienced cramping and was hospitalized for heat stress.
2017-08-28	Beaumont	Texas	Metal Forms LTD	Eye(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was removing the door of a CNC machine when he slipped and fell onto the machine's conveyor, cutting his left eyelid and requiring hospitalization.
2017-08-25	Beaumont	Texas	Airgas, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was handling compressed gas cylinders using a cylinder cart. The hook used to secure the cylinder to the cart slipped, causing the cylinder to lower onto the cart. The employee's left middle finger was then pinched between the cylinder halo and the handle of the cylinder cart, amputating his fingertip.
2017-06-26	Beaumont	Texas	Eastham Forge Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
At 12:00 p.m., on June 26, 2017, an employee was removing a piece of steel from a hydraulic saw vice when the saw vice activated and closed on his left hand, pinching it between a piece of steel and the vice jaw. His left index, ring, and pinky fingers were lacerated, and his index finger had to be amputated near the second joint.
2017-06-16	Beaumont	Texas	Overhead Door Company Beaumont, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a ladder performing overhead door maintenance on a torsion bar/spring when the door became unstable. The employee then fell from the ladder to the concrete ground, fracturing the right femur.
2017-05-21	Beaumont	Mississippi	HOOD INDUSTRIES, INC.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was stacking wood near a dryer when he became dizzy and started to feel ill. He was overheated and needed to be hospitalized overnight.
2017-04-25	Beaumont	Texas	BBB Tank Services, LLC	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was performing welding work from a ladder when he lost his footing, fell from the ladder, and fractured his leg.
2017-03-06	Beaumont	Texas	Kroger Texas LP-Store #328	Brain	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
An employee was attacked by a customer while working in one of the aisles. The customer cold cocked, kicked and broke two wine bottles over the injured employee's head. The employee suffered a concussion, bleeding on the brain and head lacerations.
2017-01-23	Beaumont	Texas	J T Thorpe Company	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was installing form boards inside a confined space cell. While working inside the cell, a piece of pipe (bell reducer) approximately 7" long, 8" diameter, and weighing 55 pounds fell approximately 35 feet and landed on the employee. The employee suffered a neck fracture and a left hand metacarpal fracture with a complex laceration over the web space.
2016-10-19	Beaumont	Texas	Cowboy Powersports LTD	Forearm(s)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was a passenger in a UTV that a customer was driving. The UTV overturned and the employee's right arm was fractured.
2016-09-19	Beaumont	Texas	Echo Maintenance LLC	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee lost his footing while descending a fixed cage ladder and fell 10 feet, fracturing both ankles.
2016-09-02	Beaumont	Texas	Fedex Freight	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was changing out a part on a forklift mast. When a coworker pushed the shift lever, the mast shifted over two fingers on his left hand, jamming them against the mast resulting in amputation.
2016-08-30	Beaumont	Texas	Bludworth Marine LLC	Jaw, chin	Fall on water vehicle
An employee fell approximately 25 feet through a hatch to the bottom deck and landed on some filing cabinets. The employee suffered a fractured jaw and lacerations to the left side of the face.
2016-08-26	Beaumont	Texas	Time Warner Cable	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was hospitalized for dehydration after a service call.
2016-08-13	Beaumont	Texas	Hussmann Services Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was lowering a 300-pound refrigeration compressor from the tailgate of a pickup truck to a steel dolly with a helper when the employee's finger was caught between the compressor and the dolly. The employee suffered a bone fracture of the right pinky finger and an open wound on the top and bottom of the pinky.
2016-07-19	Beaumont	Mississippi	HOOD INDUSTRIES, INC.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
On Monday, July 18, 2016, an employee was not feeling well while on his lunch break. Approximately an hour later he returned to his duties and completed his shift. He was off the following day, July 19th, and was still not feeling well. He went to his doctor and was diagnosed with dehydration and heat exhaustion. He was then admitted to the hospital.
2016-07-06	Beaumont	Texas	DOJ,FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
An employee fell approximately 24 feet from a guard tower when a rope snapped during an obstacle exercise, breaking his femur and fracturing his pelvis.
2016-06-17	Beaumont	Texas	Martin Marietta	Brain	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was checking a 1.5-horsepower sump pump in a washout pit for trucks. As he walked around a truck, he fell to the concrete walking surface, suffering a brain injury.
2016-03-29	Beaumont	Texas	Federal Bureau of Prisons Beaumont	Multiple head locations	Fall on same level
An employee fell and hit the left side of his head and face on the concrete floor.
2016-03-28	Beaumont	Texas	SMG Ford Park	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment
As an employee climbed a client's rodeo gate inside an arena, the gate collapsed. The employee fell to the ground, and the gate fell on top of him, breaking his back.
2016-03-10	Beaumont	Texas	FCC Beaumont	Hand(s)	Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional
On 3/9/16, at 8:06 p.m., an employee injured his right hand while breaking up a fight between inmates. The employee's hand became caught in an inmate's mouth during the altercation.
2016-02-16	Beaumont	Texas	Bomac Contractors, Ltd.	Foot (feet)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee climbed up a 35' X 5' X 5' rebar column to attach the forms. He cut loose two supports. The column began to slowly roll and fell catching the employee's foot. The employee was admitted to the hospital for a contusion on the right foot.
2016-02-11	Beaumont	Texas	Newtron Beaumont, LLC.	Nonclassifiable	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was running a conduit when a byproduct of the plant fell off a conveyor belt into a hot water tank. The water splattered onto the employee, causing skin burns.
2016-02-04	Beaumont	Texas	Exxon Mobil	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
While performing pump repairs, an employee got his right middle finger pinched between the coupling extender on the pump and the discharge piping flange resulting in amputation of the right middle fingertip.
2016-01-28	Beaumont	Texas	Federal Bureau of Prisons	Hip(s)	Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional
An employee suffered a hip injury while breaking up an altercation between two inmates.
2015-11-23	Beaumont	Mississippi	HOOD INDUSTRIES INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
An employee and coworkers were removing a roller from a veneer dryer by hand. The roller slipped out of a coworker's hands, and the employee's finger was trapped between the roller and the dryer. His left index finger was partially amputated.
2015-11-03	Beaumont	Texas	Willbros Construction U.S., L.L.C.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Two employees were bolting round flanges into a pipeline formation. One employee was torqueing with a ratchet while the other was holding a multiplier that was attached to the ratchet with the use of an extender. There was another 2" flange (which extended further out than the flange that was being bolted) that was in the middle of the flange that they were bolting. They were torqueing the bolts on the flange in sequence/series. When they started the last round of torqueing, the employee hol
2015-10-29	Beaumont	Texas	Louis Dreyfus, Beaumont Export Elevator	Brain	Nonclassifiable
An employee was one of four employees working on the drag conveyor in the bin area and struck the back of his head resulting in a concussion.
2015-08-03	Beaumont	Texas	Chartwells	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
On 8/3/15, at 10:00 a.m., an employee amputated the left thumb tip while cutting cabbage. The employee's cutting gloves had holes in them at the time.
2015-06-16	Beaumont	Texas	Anytime Electric	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee working from a ladder fell to the elevation below after the ladder tipped over.
2015-05-28	Beaumont	Texas	SUN COAST RESOURCES	Nonclassifiable	Roadway collision with other vehicle
The employee, operating a company vehicle, was involved in a two car accident at an intersection. The employee was hospitalized.
2015-04-27	Beaumont	Texas	Labor Ready	BODY SYSTEMS	Bodily conditions, n.e.c.
The employee was moving furniture and cleaning up at the Red Roof Inn. He finished one room, walked upstairs, and collapsed.
2015-04-20	Beaumont	Texas	National Oilwell Varco - XL Systems	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was in the process of rolling a 22 inch diameter pipe with an instrument called a C-Bar (tool used to roll the pipe). His finger got caught between the C-Bar and the next joint of pipe to be rolled which resulted in an amputation.
2015-04-01	Beaumont	Texas	Bailey-Buchanan Masonry, Inc.	Knee(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee climbed onto a scaffold to place his tools on the wall. He reached a section on the scaffolding where he needed to stretch to reach and removed the guarding at the end frame. When he went back to work in the area, he fell through the unguarded section, breaking his knee caps.
2015-02-16	Beaumont	Texas	Zachry Industrial, Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
A worker on a dock was loading onto a vessel, when the loading chute fell on his left foot, injuring his pinky toe and the toe next to it.