Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-05-07 | Cleburne | Tx | SACHEM INC. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee was submitting samples to the analytical lab. While trying to balance and pick up sample containers, the employee placed their hand on the hinged side of a doorway. The door closed on their finger and partially amputated the fingertip. | |||||
2021-04-22 | Cleburne | Tx | JOHNS MANVILLE | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
During the startup process of the pot and hot marble machine, a piece of glass punctured an employee's glove and left hand. | |||||
2021-03-02 | Cleburne | Tx | GREENBRIAR RAIL SERVICES | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell while walking down stairs, hitting a landing and suffering a broken left hip. | |||||
2021-01-14 | Cleburne | Tx | SACHEM INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was replacing a steel sump cover and the cover flexed upon being released into position, causing the employee's finger to become pinched between the cover and concrete and resulting in a partial finger amputation. | |||||
2020-07-17 | Cleburne | Texas | JOHNS MANVILLE | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating a forklift to stack insulation and attempted to reverse the forklift. The forklift contacted another roll of insulation, which fell on top of the forklift. The employee stepped out of the forklift to remove the insulation. The insulation then hit the ground and bounced, striking and breaking the employee's left fibula. | |||||
2020-06-08 | Cleburne | Texas | Oncor Electric | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
After working at an outdoor job site, an employee became overheated, sat on the steps of a truck to rest, and then lost consciousness. After awaking, he was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-02-23 | Cleburne | Texas | Tractor Supply Company | Knee(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was getting bales of hay for a customer from a trailer using a bay hook. The bales of hay fell onto the employee causing a fractured knee cap and a torn meniscus and ACL. | |||||
2019-09-10 | Cleburne | Texas | James Hardie Building Products | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
While walking into an office, an employee entered the path of a forklift that was carrying metal siding. The forklift shifted, causing the siding to fall off the forklift and land on the employee's foot. He suffered toe lacerations. Steel-toed boots were worn at the time of the incident. | |||||
2019-02-15 | Cleburne | Texas | Advanced Construction | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was cleaning pipes. The employee's left index finger was caught between a pipe and a machine, suffering a laceration and a cut tendon. | |||||
2018-09-05 | Cleburne | Texas | Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
An employee was walking into her office when she tripped on a torn section of carpet and fell, suffering a sprain/dislocation to her left shoulder. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-08-27 | Cleburne | Texas | Technical Chemical Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was feeding putty into the hopper of a putty machine. The machinery amputated the employee's fingertip. | |||||
2018-06-06 | Cleburne | Texas | SUPREME CORPORATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was cutting a lift gate loose from the metal packing cradle. The lift gate shifted and caught his middle finger between the lift gate and the cradle resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
2017-10-12 | Cleburne | Texas | Advance Cooling Towers, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was working at a height of approximately 14 feet when he detached his fall protection system to move from one spot to another and fell to the lower level. He punctured a lung and broke two ribs and his right ankle. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-08-05 | Cleburne | Texas | JOHNS MANVILLE | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was feeding edge trim onto a conveyor when his hand became caught between the roller and the conveyor belt. He was pulled into the conveyor up to his elbow, suffering a right arm laceration and abrasion. | |||||
2016-06-17 | Cleburne | Texas | Thurman Transportation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was working on a trailer gate air ram. A pin was too small for the arm of the ram, so the employee attempted to remove the pin. When the pin was removed, the ram moved and amputated his right-hand middle finger. | |||||
2016-04-18 | Cleburne | Texas | Goodwill Industries of Fort Worth | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was dismounting a ladder when he missed the last rung and fell on his side, fracturing his upper leg area. | |||||
2016-04-07 | Cleburne | Texas | McDonald's | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee walked behind a counter and slipped and fell, breaking the left kneecap. | |||||
2016-02-09 | Cleburne | Texas | JOHNS MANVILLE | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
While attempting to unjam a reefed system, an employee's right hand was caught between the rotary valve and a rotating part in the system's discharge shoot. His hand was amputated. | |||||
2015-11-25 | Cleburne | Texas | GBW Rail Car Services | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
The employee was using a step jack to position a patch under a rail car when the jack slipped and amputated the tip of his left middle finger. | |||||
2015-10-19 | Cleburne | Texas | Acme Temporary Services | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee's hand got caught in a bottle molding machine during cleaning activities. | |||||
2015-09-03 | Cleburne | Texas | Bridgeport Tank Trucks | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee's H2S monitor went off while he was delivering salt water on location. He eventually became ill and was hospitalized with respiratory problems. | |||||
2015-08-11 | Cleburne | Texas | FA Bartlett Tree Experts | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
An employee was moving brush using a winch and caught a finger in the winch. | |||||
2015-08-11 | Cleburne | Texas | Rockin R Construction | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee's hand was injured while using a porta power hand held hydraulic press to change bushings on a truck. The employee's hand was pinched between the porta power and the truck frame. | |||||
2015-04-20 | Cleburne | Texas | Age Industries, LTD | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee working in a corrugated box manufacturing facility was operating a tube saw that became jammed with material. He lifted the guarding system to unclog the machine. He re-loaded the machine with tubes while the guards were in the lifted position. As he began to feed the newly inserted tubes, his gloved right hand was lacerated. He was taken to the hospital. | |||||
2015-02-04 | Cleburne | Texas | Walmart #228 | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
The employee was working in the bakery pulling a stock cart when the cart caught her in the heel and knocked her shoe off. The employee tripped over the shoe, causing her to fall on her left hip. | |||||
2015-01-06 | Cleburne | Texas | Nelson Refrigeration | Hand(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
Employee was cutting a 10-foot length of 6-inch PVC pipe into 10-inch sections. He was using a chop saw that was on a pivot because the tool he had been using would not cut the pipe. The employee was using his hand to hold the pipe. His hand got pulled into the blade. |