Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-09 | El Campo | Tx | Wenglar Ag & Industrial | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing up a ladder to leave a work site. The employee slipped and fell, broke both ankles, and was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2021-10-09 | El Campo | Tx | United Agricultural Cooperative Inc. | Multiple lower extremities locations | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee collided with a forklift while turning around. The employee suffered a broken left ankle/foot/kneecap, as well as swelling to the right ankle. | |||||
2021-06-23 | El Campo | Tx | Milbar Hydro-Test Inc | Jaw, chin | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was pouring oil into a refill port when the oil shot back out onto the employee, resulting in burns to the chin that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-03-17 | El Campo | Tx | United Agricultural Cooperative Inc. | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee lost his footing while stepping out of his truck. He fell to the ground, suffering a broken femur. | |||||
2020-07-07 | El Campo | Texas | Gulfmark Energy, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
An employee was going up a staircase when his right foot slipped on the first step. His right shin hit the second step and suffered a hematoma. | |||||
2020-01-23 | El Campo | Texas | Gulf Stream Construction, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a metal sheet bender machine. He was adjusting a metal sheet. When he pressed the button that engages to hold the metal sheet, his left hand was caught between the two holder components. He suffered an injury to his left hand that required hospitalization and the amputation of his left ring finger. | |||||
2019-08-19 | El Campo | Texas | Walmart Store 344 | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee lost her balance and fell backwards while putting back a hand-held basket. She injured her right hip. | |||||
2019-01-29 | El Campo | Texas | FESCO, Ltd. | Foot (feet) | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely |
An employee was operating a forklift and staging 10" pipe on a concrete parking lot. The first joint of pipe was set down and the second joint was being retrieved when the first joint began to roll. The employee secured the forklift and went to stop the pipe from rolling, but was struck by the rolling pipe on the back of his leg. The employee fell and the pipe rolled up his leg. The employee suffered a broken foot. | |||||
2018-01-30 | El Campo | Texas | Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was removing a sheet of cracked tempered glass from a truck and caught a finger between the glass sheet and the truck step crushing a fingertip. | |||||
2017-08-21 | El Campo | Texas | El Campo Compressor Rental, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
On 8/21/2017, an employee was checking a natural gas compressor at an oil and gas lease when his right hand was caught and severely lacerated between the fan blade and the frame of the compressor. His hand had to be medically amputated. The fan was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
2016-07-07 | El Campo | Texas | Solid Liberty Services, llc | Head | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
Two employees were loading a port-a-potty onto the pickup truck. One employee pushed a port-a-potty causing the second employee to fall and strike their head on the ground. The injured employee was hospitalized for a head injury requiring four stitches and a possible concussion. | |||||
2016-07-05 | El Campo | Texas | Texas Quality Well Services | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was trying to rig up a well. The employee enabled the clutch and accidently struck the emergency stop button resulting in a kick back and a broken left arm. | |||||
2016-06-07 | El Campo | Texas | El Campo Sheet Metal, LLC | Hand(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was cutting metal pipe on a band saw when the pipe or the band saw lacerated his hand, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-08-06 | El Campo | Texas | Wharton County Electric Cooperative, Inc | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee installing conduit for primary underground wire was hospitalized for heat stress. | |||||
2015-04-24 | Campo | California | Department of Homeland Security Border Patrol | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee dislocated the left index finger after crashing an ATV during the pursuit of subjects. | |||||
2015-03-23 | El Campo | Texas | Key Energy Services | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Employees were lifting a BOP using a forklift to work on the bottom of the BOP. While the BOP was suspended by the forklift, the injured employee placed his hand on the forks. The BOP rolled backwards, catching and amputating his left pinky fingertip between the heavy equipment and the fork. |