Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-09-14 | Brackettville | Tx | WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was unloading a truck using a cart. The cart tipped over onto the employee's leg and fractured the left tibia. | |||||
2019-07-21 | Brackettville | Texas | Kinney County Rail Port | Foot (feet) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
A conductor bled rail cars. The cars started to roll southeast down the lead. An employee attempted to apply the handbrake. While reaching for the handbrake, the employee stepped on a rail and then a rail car ran onto and stopped on his left foot. Half of his foot was amputated. | |||||
2016-03-06 | Brackettville | Texas | The Travelers Indemnity Company | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
On March 6, at approximately 2:30 p.m., an employee climbed up a ladder to inspect a roof. The ladder slid sideways, and the employee fell 10 feet to the driveway. The employee sustained a fractured left elbow and was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-09-28 | Brackettville | Texas | Rio Grande Electric Cooperative, Inc. | Head and trunk | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was flash burned on one side of his face and chest when the three-phase meter shorted out. He was hospitalized. |