| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-28 | Point Comfort | Tx | Bilfinger, Inc | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was removing a 1-inch tube from a furnace undergoing routine maintenance. The 40-foot long tube shattered and fell, hitting the employee on the back. The employee suffered multiple spine fractures and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-07-27 | Point Comfort | Tx | Marquis Construction Services, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee began shaking and trembling while installing piping insulation on the third level of a structure. He was hospitalized, suffering from heat exhaustion and dehydration. | |||||
| 2021-05-13 | Point Comfort | Tx | BAY LTD | Face | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was on a manlift, waiting for a piece of metal that a crane was lifting to be put into place. The crane ball hung up and the load dropped quickly, striking the employee in the face. The employee suffered facial fractures. | |||||
| 2020-10-03 | Point Comfort | Tx | Turn2 Specialty Companies LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Two employees were moving a pallet of tower trays and beams using a hydraulic pallet jack when a board from the pallet became caught under one of the wheels of the pallet jack. An employee was removing the board when the hydraulics were released, lowering the pallet onto the employee's hand and resulting in partial amputation of the left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-09-11 | Point Comfort | Texas | Bay LTD | Foot (feet) | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee was descending from a crane boom due to incoming rain when lightning struck the crane boom. The employee sustained burns to the feet. | |||||
| 2019-05-03 | Point Comfort | Texas | Gulf Stream Marine, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee standing on the back of a flatbed chassis was securing 3-inch cables to the block of a ship's crane. The crane began the lift and the cable rolled and landed on the employee causing a fractured left ankle and a strained right rotator cuff. | |||||
| 2019-02-14 | Point Comfort | Texas | Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was handling a catalyst hoist. As he tried to stop the load from swinging, his left little finger was caught between the hoist and a handrail. The fingertip was crushed. | |||||
| 2019-01-31 | Point Comfort | Texas | Zeppelin Systems USA, Inc. | Hand(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a grinding machine with a guard attached to grind on a bevel and prepare it for a welding seam. He was holding his tool with both hands when the grinding machine became stuck, kicked back, and cut the top of his left hand. | |||||
| 2018-09-14 | Point Comfort | Texas | HydroChem, LLC | Arm(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was cleaning a filter basket with a 40,000 PSI pressure washer when the water gun rotated towards the employee and the pressurized water blast lacerated his right arm. The employee was hospitalized and the arm was amputated. | |||||
| 2018-03-01 | Point Comfort | Texas | ACT Cooling Towers | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
| An employee suffered a hernia while unloading 25 pounds of material from a truck and onto a forklift. | |||||
| 2018-02-19 | Point Comfort | Texas | Bilfinger Westcon Inc. | Leg(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was rigging a section of pipe into an upper-level steel structure when the pipes shifted, striking and crushing the employee's leg. | |||||
| 2017-10-11 | Point Comfort | Texas | Bilfinger Westcon Inc. | Thigh(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was working from a 20-foot scaffold and cleaning a pipe system when the hook of a come-a-long tool that was holding the pipe hit the upper side of his right leg, cutting the soft tissue. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-07-14 | Comfort | Texas | James Power Line Construction | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached |
| On July 14, 2016, an employee sustained a broken foot when the outrigger on the truck landed on his right foot. | |||||
| 2016-07-06 | Comfort | Texas | Fifty Door Partners | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee tripped while operating a glue machine, and the employee's right thumb was caught in the machine rollers. The thumb tip had to be surgically amputated. | |||||
| 2015-10-12 | Point Comfort | Texas | MCKINNEY DRILLING CO DBA LARGE & SONS FOUNDATION | Foot (feet) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee of the McKinney Drilling Company, LLC, got his right foot caught under the bucket of the Bobcat loading machine. The employee was hospitalized with laceration to the soft tissues and damage to his ligaments. | |||||
| 2015-07-07 | Point Comfort | Texas | Derrick Construction Company, Inc. | Head and neck | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| A crane was removing a heater from a platform. The heater was lifted up to tighten the chains before resuming the lift, but the heater stack (7 ft. pipe) broke off of the heater. The broken piece struck an employee, who suffered a severe concussion and broken bones in the neck. | |||||
| 2015-06-02 | Point Comfort | Texas | Civil Mechanical, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee fell 15 feet to the ground from a walking surface on a section of scaffolding. | |||||
| 2015-01-15 | Point Comfort | Texas | Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas | Nonclassifiable | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| Employee received 2nd and 3rd degree burns from hot liquid plastic while removing a plug. | |||||
| 2015-01-10 | Comfort | Texas | United States Postal Service | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped on ice formed on steps of a residential home when delivering mail, which resulted in a broken arm that required hospitalization. | |||||