DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-08-25BurkburnettTxNOVBODY SYSTEMSExposure to environmental heat
An employee was ensuring that equipment was running. The employee reported a lack of energy and cramping and was hospitalized with heat stress.
2021-04-20BurnetTxKetterman Ranch LLCFoot(feet) and knee(s)Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional
A ranch employee's gun accidentally discharged, shooting the employee in the foot and knee.
2020-06-26BurnetTexasPrimoris Rockford CorporationBrainInjured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was struck on the head with a winch bar while securing a ratchet on a pipe hauling trailer, suffering a concussion and a forehead laceration that required sutures. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-04-12BurnetTexasReliable Tire Disposal, LLC.Chest, except internal location of diseases or disordersCaught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee bent down near a conveyor to inspect a jammed tire shredder. The conveyor caught the tail of his jacket, pulling him into the machine and causing broken ribs and lacerations to his right arm. He was hospitalized.
2018-03-26BurkburnettTexasHelena ChemicalBack, including spine, spinal cordFall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was disconnecting a trailer and pulling on the release when he fell backwards and hit the ground, passing out and injuring his spine.
2017-04-21BurnetTexasCamp Longhorn Inks LakeUpper and lower limb(s)Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was performing maintenance on a climbing wall from an aerial lift. The lift tipped over after going over a slope. The employee fell to the grass and fractured his upper leg and arm.
2017-02-02BurnetTexasCamp Longhorn Inks LakeFinger(s), fingernail(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
The employee was picking up rocks in the field and placing them in a tractor trailer. One of the rocks slipped and smashed his fingertip between it and the tractor bucket resulting in amputation at the first knuckle.
2016-10-04BurkburnettTexasHelena Chemical CoBODY SYSTEMSEngulfment in other collapsing material
An employee was operating a loader to load dry fertilizer into a truck when a wall of dry (hard) fertilizer broke loose, broke the windshield of the loader, and engulfed the loader and the employee up to the middle of his chest. He suffered breathing difficulties and leg contusions, requiring hospitalization.
2015-03-16BurnetTexasReliable Tire DisposalArm(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee reached into a recycling shredder conveyor to clear tire shred when his arm was pulled into the machine, which was running at the time.