| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-17 | Buda | Tx | CMC Rebar | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was holding rebar while a machine bent it. The employee's left glove was caught in a pin, causing the employee to suffer an amputation to the index finger. | |||||
| 2021-11-01 | Buda | Tx | Architectural Surfaces | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was on the back of a lowboy trailer, guiding a 500-pound stone slab as it was offloaded from the trailer using a forklift with a boom and a stone lifter/slab clamp. The stone slipped out of the lifter and pushed the employee off the trailer, then fell on the employee's right leg just above the ankle. The employee suffered a broken leg and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-10-09 | Buda | Tx | The Hershey Company | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources |
| An employee was stocking shelves with chocolate products. The employee lifted a box weighing 20 to 30 pounds, and while twisting to put it on a shelf, he sustained an injury to organs in his lower right abdomen. | |||||
| 2020-07-15 | Buda | Texas | Metal Mart | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| Two employees were performing maintenance on a shear. One of the employee's hands slipped during a lift and the guard fell on their right middle finger. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-04-14 | Buda | Texas | Probuild Company, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working on a floor truss on a floor truss manufacturing machine's table. After the employee turned the truss, the table closed on his left thumb and amputated it about halfway down the nail. | |||||
| 2019-08-07 | Buda | Texas | Beacon Roofing Supply | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was loading bundles of shingles onto a two-story home when he lost his footing and fell to the lower surface. He suffered back and knee injuries. | |||||
| 2019-06-24 | Buda | Texas | Kloeckner Metals | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was using an overhead crane to lift 25 pieces of 1/8" x 10" x 20 long flat bar material to block it for loading onto a tractor trailer. During the blocking process, the employee was installing the wood block when the chain in the overhead crane slipped out due to the bow of the material at the lifted height. The 25 pieces of material fell, smashing the employee's left gloved thumb between the wood block and the material. When he removed his hand, his thumb tip was amputated. | |||||
| 2019-05-13 | Buda | Texas | Rush Truck Center | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was grinding a part on a grinding wheel when his finger came into contact with the grinding wheel, resulting in a de-gloving of his finger and bone loss. | |||||
| 2019-02-18 | Buda | Texas | Builders First Source | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was working on top of a trailer when he fell to the ground, breaking his hip and his arm. | |||||
| 2018-04-25 | Buda | Texas | DC Civil Construction | Leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was struck by a cap that was installed on a 12" water line. The cap blew apart, striking and amputating his right leg. | |||||
| 2017-07-18 | Buda | Texas | World Wide Tire | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was changing a tire on an 18-wheeler when his left pinky finger was caught between the tire and the fender amputating the tip. | |||||
| 2016-10-21 | Buda | Texas | Texas Landfill Management LLC | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by animal, n.e.c. |
| An employee was helping to move game animals when one of them charged the employee, collided with him, and knocked him to the ground. He sustained a fractured cervical vertebrae, sprained left hand, and a cut to the head that required stitches. | |||||
| 2016-04-14 | Buda | Texas | CMC Steel Fabricators Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was bending rebar when part of his little finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2015-09-18 | Buda | Texas | Dynamic Systems, Inc. | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on top of the clean room ceiling changing air filters. He lost his balance and fell to the floor, fracturing his left arm. | |||||
| 2015-07-21 | Buda | Texas | H-E-B Grocery Company, LP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee using a deli slicer was approached by a customer. Her right index finger was amputated by the deli slicer blade. | |||||