| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-30 | Channelview | Tx | Circor Refinery Valves | Foot (feet) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was working to lift and flip a 1,100-pound disc on a table to grind the opposite side. Softeners had been put between the disc and the sling because the disc had sharp edges. During the lift, the softeners slipped out and the nylon sling was sliced by the sharp edges of the disc. The disc then fell onto the employee's foot. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured foot. | |||||
| 2021-08-10 | Channelview | Tx | Steel Masters, L.P. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was erecting steel and fell 14 feet while he was changing activities and locations. The employee landed on a pile of angle steel and suffered four broken ribs. | |||||
| 2021-06-17 | Channelview | Tx | Zachary Industrial, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| Employees were hoisting a garbage chute with a crane. The chute broke free, striking two employees. One employee was hospitalized for numerous injuries. | |||||
| 2021-05-21 | Channelview | Tx | San Jac Marine | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was welding inside a barge. While trying to move a scaffold, a scaffold board fell and his right thumb was pinned between an angle bar and the board. The tip of the employee's right thumb was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-05-02 | Channelview | Tx | Cat-Spec, Ltd | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| Employees were conducting catalyst changeout activities in a reactor. A pipe wrench fell 23 feet into the space and struck an employee on the back of the right hand, amputating the right middle finger up to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2021-04-06 | Channelview | Tx | Ship Channel Constructors | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system |
| An employee was helping secure bridge beams that were being set when a beam broke. Concrete pieces of the beam fell and one piece struck the employee, knocking him off the column he was standing on. The employee was wearing a harness and his lanyard deployed, curtailing the fall. The employee swung back into the column, resulting in a fractured rib and lacerated spleen. | |||||
| 2020-09-18 | Channelview | Tx | Circor Refinery Valves | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| Two maintenance employees were replacing an oil pressure pump coupling on a moving table bridge mill. The cutter dropped from the spindle and amputated the injured employee's right thumb below the fingernail. | |||||
| 2019-09-19 | Channelview | Texas | Solar Turbines Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| While loading angle into a machine for cutting, an employee's finger was pinched between the angle being loaded and the machine's clamp resulting in amputation of the left middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-09-11 | Channelview | Texas | Texas Industrial Box Maintenance, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Explosion |
| An employee was removing water from a cleaning bay with a portable electric pump. An explosion occurred when the pump ignited flammable vapors, causing burns to the employee's chest. | |||||
| 2019-07-12 | Channelview | Texas | Lyondellbasell | Head and neck | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee stepped over a pump, put his arm out to brace himself, and came in contact with a valve which then opened and sprayed sulfuric acid on him. He was hospitalized with chemical burns to the face and neck. | |||||
| 2019-04-02 | Channelview | Texas | Tex-Trude | Wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was changing the plastic film on a machine when her glove became caught in the film, resulting in the right wrist being crushed by the machine. | |||||
| 2019-02-28 | Channelview | Texas | Tex-Trude LP | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to clear a jam of plastic in a winding machine's roller. The plastic caught his hand and pulled it into the roller, causing a fingertip avulsion. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-02-20 | Channelview | Texas | RESCAR COMPANIES, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was positioning a steel plate to be welded to the bottom of a railroad car. His left index and middle fingers were caught and broken between the plate and the car. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-03-29 | Channelview | Texas | LaBarge Coating, LLC | Forearm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was removing tape from pipes at a powder coating booth. As a pipe exited the powder coating booth, he attempted to remove the tape at the end of the pipe. His left forearm was then pulled into the pipe, receiving third degree burns that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-03-01 | Channelview | Texas | Patterson Tubular | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was rolling pipe when his right index finger was pinched between two pipes, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2018-02-25 | Channelview | Texas | Advanced Auto Parts | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on a ladder retrieving new brake pads for a customer from a storage self when he fell off the ladder, breaking his left ankle and shoulder. | |||||
| 2017-09-28 | Channelview | Texas | Tex-Trude | Wrist(s) and arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a winder machine when his left hand was caught by the roller. He suffered wrist and forearm fractures. | |||||
| 2017-07-17 | Channelview | Texas | Glendale Boat Works, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was helping to move a 24" by 14" transformer on a boat with a hoist. When he went to set the transformer down, the transformer slipped and landed on the table surface, trapping his index finger between the two. His fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2017-06-27 | Channelview | Texas | Stolt Tankers USA Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was moving a pipeline reducer from one dock to another dock when he slipped and fell. His right index finger was caught and crushed between the pipeline reducer and the concrete walking surface. It had to be amputated at the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2017-06-09 | Channelview | Texas | Tex-Trude, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was loading plastic onto the conveyor belt of a machine when the belt became stuck. He was attempting to unjam the belt when his hand was caught between the belt and the rotor, breaking his left wrist and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-05-24 | Channelview | Texas | Cheetah Transportation | Skull | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was unloading a pallet from the bed of a pickup truck. The employee went to grab shrink-wrapping to pull the pallet back. The shrink-wrapping failed and the employee fell from the truck bed and landed on his head, fracturing his skull. | |||||
| 2017-05-09 | Channelview | Texas | Tex-Trude Holdings | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a safety knife or a box cutter to cut rolls of film that were coming out of a machine when the blade amputated his left middle fingertip (skin only). | |||||
| 2017-04-20 | Channelview | Texas | Lewis Food Town Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was operating a bone-in saw to cut meat when his left hand slipped off the meat and contacted the blade, amputating his left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-04-20 | Channelview | Texas | LaBarge Coating, LLC | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was inspecting a pressure gauge on the back side of a powder coating booth when a hose came loose and struck the employee in the left eye, lacerating the cornea. | |||||
| 2017-04-03 | Channelview | Texas | Tex-Trude LP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| The injured employee was cleaning the lower plates of a printing press with a towel wrapped around his right hand. A second employee was cleaning/setting up the upper portion of the press. The injured employee's hand was pulled into the press, due to the towel; partially amputating his right thumb and crushing the right ring finger. | |||||
| 2017-01-13 | Channelview | Texas | Stolt Nielsen USA, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee was moving a 6-inch diameter, 13 foot length pipe onto a pipe rack. The injured employee went to help this employee move the pipe and grabbed the end of the pipe with his hand. The pipe became too heavy and the employee dropped it. The pipe came down on the employee's hand, pinching his hand between the pipe and some angle iron resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2016-08-03 | Channelview | Texas | Richardson Stevedoring Logistics | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was helping to discharge fuel from a barge by positioning a C-hook on a coil. After he slid the C-hook into the coil, his hand rested on the bottom of the C-hook. When a crane began to lift the hook, the coil and his fingers became caught, crushing his left-hand pinky, ring, and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2016-08-02 | Channelview | Texas | Tex-Trude, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was performing maintenance on a plastic grinding machine. As he was attempting to dislodge a plastic piece in the machine, his left ring finger was caught between a belt and pulley, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-07-16 | Channelview | Texas | Southwest Shipyard, LP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was trying to release a work float that had become wedged under a waterside rescue ladder. The employee was standing on a walkway and used his left hand to try and release the work float. As the float released, the walkway came down and caught the employee's left hand between an angle and the walkway, which partially amputated the pinky finger. The employee was admitted to the hospital for surgery. | |||||
| 2016-02-17 | Channelview | Texas | Hutco Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| Two employees were removing a reach rod. One of the employee was on the top deck lifting the reach rod while the other employee was trying to remove a pin. The reach rod slipped smashing the employee's finger. The employee's left ring fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2016-01-08 | Channelview | Texas | Tideport Distributing, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was maneuvering a fifth wheel plate onto the bucket of a front-end loader. The employee and a coworker lost control of the plate, which fell flat. As it fell, the employee's right middle finger got pinned between the top of the front-end loader bucket and the fifth wheel plate, amputating the tip. | |||||
| 2015-10-30 | Channelview | Texas | Tex Trude, LP | Lower leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On October 30, 2015 at approximately 7:45 PM, an employee was feeding material into the conveyor belt assembly that carries the material to the shredder. The shredder jammed. The employee's leg got caught in the shredder as he pushed material into the shredder. The shredder tore part of his left lower calf and bone. | |||||
| 2015-07-20 | Channelview | Texas | Evergreen Industrial Services | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was operating a hydro blaster while cleaning a heat exchanger. As he exited a scaffold that was 15 to 20 feet in height, he slipped and fell through the ladder cage onto the concrete surface, injuring his lower back. He was hospitalized for surgery on his lower back. | |||||
| 2015-07-15 | Channelview | Texas | KBR, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting pieces of plate using a band saw. The employee's glove got caught by the saw causing the amputation of a portion of his left thumb. The employee was taken to the hospital for treatment. | |||||
| 2015-06-14 | Channelview | Texas | TEX-TRUDE, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was helping a coworker move material from reprocessing to the film department, which involved attaching a 4-inch hose to a hopper. Once the hose is hooked up, material flows through a filtering system in the hopper. There is a rotary valve at the bottom of the filter. The valve rotates and dumps waste into a container. The hopper was jammed or clogged up, so the employees tried to get it to work by cycling the power. The injured employee was going to feel around the rotary valve for | |||||
| 2015-02-27 | Channelview | Texas | Solar Turbines Incorporated | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| The injured employee was welding with his back to an overhead crane (fitter). The crane operator was using the crane to lift a 4'x3'x12"-wide beam assembly, but the crane was not centered over the load, causing the load to swing when lifted. The swinging beam assembly struck the bulkhead assembly behind the injured employee, causing the bulkhead assembly to fall over and hit the injured employee's body and legs. The injured employee was hospitalized with a simple fracture in one ankle and a com | |||||
| 2015-01-16 | Channelview | Texas | Ramming Paving | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| Employee was on top of a hot oil tanker trailer attempting to remove the lid to fill the tanker. The lid was stuck due to sitting for a couple of weeks because of inclement weather. The fall protection cage provided at the fill location did not fit the tanker trailer properly, leaving a gap large enough for the employee to fall beneath the cage. When the lid came loose, the employee fell from the top of the tanker trailer, under the fall protection cage, to the ground. The employee dislocated a | |||||