Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-30 | Burleson | Tx | Gamez Construction | Head | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking to pick up materials when he slipped and fell onto a wooden board. He suffered a puncture wound to the right side of his head, caused by a nail that was sticking out of the board. | |||||
2021-06-28 | Burleson | Tx | Basden Steel | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was loading pipe tubing material onto a machine. The material fell onto the employee's left ring finger, causing a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-03-08 | Burleson | Tx | Golden State Foods | Nonclassifiable | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was working in a clean-in-place room. A circuit was removed that was running a three-step wash on a ketchup deck bulk line, causing hot water and caustic chemicals to escape out of the line and spray the employee. The employee was burned. | |||||
2021-03-04 | Burleson | Tx | Industrial Screw Conveyors, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a lathe when his glove was caught and pulled into the machine. The employee sustained a fractured arm. | |||||
2020-05-28 | Burleson | Texas | The Saxton Group, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was chopping slices of bacon when the knife partially amputated her left thumb tip. | |||||
2019-09-06 | Burleson | Texas | Metl-Fab | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was installing a metal panel when his finger was pinched between the housing unit and a 2x4 wooden board, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-06-04 | Burleson | Texas | Oncor Electric Delivery | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
While walking to her work vehicle an employee tripped and fell on the concrete fracturing her right hip. | |||||
2018-04-06 | Burleson | Texas | Champion Home Builders, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a chop saw when the guard broke. The saw then cut his fingers, resulting in one partial finger amputation and one finger laceration. | |||||
2017-08-30 | Burleson | Texas | LKQ North Texas Ft. Worth | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a tire machine to remove a tire from a rim when the machine suddenly reversed, causing the tire removal bar to pinch and amputate the employee's left pinky fingertip. | |||||
2017-06-16 | Burleson | Texas | KWS Manufacturing Company | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was de-burring an 8-inch x 2-inch piece of steel with a mounted disc grinder when the grinder amputated his right pinky fingertip. | |||||
2017-06-14 | Burleson | Texas | Hallmark Cards | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
An employee had just put trash into the compactor and stumbled on an uneven floor surface causing the employee to fall. The employee suffered right-side injuries to the hip, shoulder and elbow. | |||||
2017-04-04 | Burleson | Texas | Dan Air Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was installing duct work from the rafters in the attic when he lost his footing and fell to the ground landing on his head and shoulder. | |||||
2017-03-30 | Burleson | Texas | Red-K, LLC dba Mr Electric of West Fort Worth | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was installing ground rod, slipped, and injured his left palm. | |||||
2017-03-23 | Burleson | Texas | On The Border | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting chicken with a knife when his left thumb tip was amputated. Cut-resistant gloves were not worn at the time. | |||||
2016-08-15 | Burleson | Texas | Bonded Lightning Protection Systems, Ltd. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell off a ladder while installing lightning protection on the roof, fracturing a left rib, the left tibia, and an ankle. | |||||
2016-06-17 | Burleson | Texas | Honda of Burleson | Skull | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee fell from a golf cart, struck the asphalt, and suffered a fractured skull. | |||||
2016-05-12 | Burleson | Texas | Industrial Screw Conveyors, Inc. | Multiple face locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was working a shaft in a CNC machine when the shaft flew out of the machine and struck the employee in the face. He suffered a right cheek laceration and right eye injury. | |||||
2015-10-07 | Burleson | Texas | B & B Glass | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was acting as a spotter while moving a freight of glass to keep the freight balanced. The freight fell striking the employee on his right leg and breaking it in two places below the knee. | |||||
2015-08-24 | Burleson | Texas | Lowe's Home Centers, LLC | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was pulling a tarp off wood and a staple struck him in the eye. He was admitted to the hospital for eye surgery. |