Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-17 | Dallas | Tx | Estes Express Lines, Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating and test-driving a forklift. The forklift struck a low metal post and overturned. The employee suffered a broken left leg, a dislocated left shoulder, a back hematoma, and a right foot laceration and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-11-12 | Dallas | Tx | D.T. Read Steel Co., Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was performing deck form installation when he slipped and fell 20 feet, landing on his back. The employee sustained bruising and fractures to his ribs and back after landing on the ground. | |||||
2021-11-08 | Dallas | Tx | Walmart 3015 | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was bailing boxes when the cardboard bailer's index plate fell down and crushed their right index finger, resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
2021-11-01 | Dallas | Tx | Start Kleen Legacy | Head | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was cleaning a drain when a thermal reaction between sodium hydroxide and hot water occurred. The employee sustained thermal and chemical burns to the head and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-10-25 | Dallas | Tx | Exquisite Finishes | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was painting windows on a residential house. The extension ladder was placed on top of plastic material and slipped. The employee fell from the ladder and suffered lower back injuries. | |||||
2021-10-23 | Dallas | Tx | CVS | Brain | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
A customer struck an employee several times in the head and face area. The employee suffered brain trauma and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-10-20 | Dallas | Tx | Cotton Commercial USA, Inc. | Hand(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting a zip tie containing wires on a new trailer when the knife slipped out of his right hand, resulting in a laceration to his left hand. | |||||
2021-10-17 | Dallas | Tx | Webber, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
While trying to get over a double row of concrete barriers in a highway gore area, an employee fell about 40 feet in the space between two barriers, hitting a concrete apron below. The employee suffered leg and arm fractures and internal injuries. | |||||
2021-10-16 | Dallas | Tx | Amazon Fulfillment Center FTW 1 | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee's shoelace was caught on a strap hook on the bottom pallet in a stack. The employee fell to the floor and suffered a broken hip. | |||||
2021-10-13 | Dallas | Tx | Gary L. Gann, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was moving an elevated platform lift when it contacted an overhead power line. The employee was shocked. | |||||
2021-10-09 | Dallas | Tx | Premier Employee Solutions LLC | Lower leg(s) | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee was driving an electric pallet jack and lost control on a wet floor. The employee fell out of the pallet jack, resulting in a broken right tibia. | |||||
2021-10-05 | Dallas | Tx | American Woodmark Corporation | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was adding a pallet of kitchen cabinets to a wrapper machine. The machine's rotating arm struck the employee in the chest, and the employee was hospitalized for liver and kidney injuries. | |||||
2021-09-20 | Dallas | Tx | ABM Building Services, LLC | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was cleaning a glass door. The employee fell to the floor and suffered a broken leg/hip. | |||||
2021-09-13 | Dallas | Tx | Elite Metal Fabricators, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee was walking on the job site when he stepped on a piece of plywood that was covering a hole. The plywood cover collapsed and the employee fell, hit his head, and fractured a wrist. The employee also sustained a head laceration. | |||||
2021-09-08 | Dallas | Tx | Smart Metals Recycling LLC dba Sprout | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising |
An employee bent down between two stacks of pallets to inspect a packing slip on a pallet on the floor. When she stood up, her back struck the edge of a wooden pallet and was injured. | |||||
2021-09-01 | Dallas | Tx | Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee had been setting up before entering a manhole. He became overheated and was later hospitalized with dehydration. | |||||
2021-08-20 | Dallas | Tx | The George D. Alan Company, LLC | Lumbar region | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee suffered a herniated disk while picking up a box containing a 74-pound roll of sheet membrane waterproofing. | |||||
2021-08-20 | Dallas | Tx | Betsy Ross Flag Girl, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was positioning a pole to be raised up. The pole hit an overhead power line and the employee was shocked. | |||||
2021-08-16 | Dallas | Tx | XPO Logistics | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was restacking and palletizing materials when a forklift ran over his left foot, breaking it. | |||||
2021-08-13 | Dallas | Tx | Take 5 Oil Change | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A employee opened the hood of a customer's vehicle to begin work when a finger on their left hand contacted the radiator fan, causing a partial amputation. | |||||
2021-07-28 | Dallas | Tx | Oncor Electric Delivery LLC | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was assisting with the manual handling and positioning of a de-energized jacketed concentric neutral power cable in an electrical vault. A 15 kV component installed on a transformer failed, resulting in an arc flash that caused second and third degree burns on the employee's hands. | |||||
2021-07-23 | Dallas | Tx | Buckhead Meat of Dallas | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A roll stock packaging machine was started as an employee was unjamming it. A cross-cut blade on the machine amputated the employee's left index finger. | |||||
2021-07-20 | Dallas | Tx | DFA Dairy Brands Fluid, LLC | Multiple body parts | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee used a safety cage with a gangway stair that is attached to an overhead catwalk and lowered onto the tanker truck to disconnect a hose on top of the tanker and close the tanker. The truck started moving back while the employee was on top of the truck and her legs were caught between the tanker trailer and the lowered gangway stair. The employee suffered two broken bones in the right leg, a fractured left leg, and a fractured spine. | |||||
2021-07-15 | Dallas | Tx | The Meadows Foundation | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was installing a splitter on a TV cable while on an A-frame ladder when he fell, resulting in a head injury that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-07-07 | Dallas | Tx | American Fire Protection Group, Inc | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was in a manlift mounted on a forklift. When the manlift was raised, the employee's right hand was pinched between the lift bucket and a ceiling joist. The employee suffered a broken knuckle. | |||||
2021-07-06 | Dallas | Tx | Ulta Beauty | Brain | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee lost consciousness while leaning over to pick up an object. The employee's head struck the warehouse floor in the resulting fall. | |||||
2021-07-01 | Dallas | Tx | FedEx Freight | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee lost her footing and fell while closing a trailer door. The trailer door then struck her on the back. | |||||
2021-06-29 | Dallas | Tx | Ferrie Franzmann Industries, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
Two employees were preparing to install new circuit breakers in medium-voltage switchgear. While testing for electrical power in the switchgear, an arc flash occurred. Both employees sustained electrical burns. | |||||
2021-06-25 | Dallas | Tx | Morsco Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
A driver was removing a load securement strap on a flatbed trailer to offload PCV pipes at a customer location. A pipe (18" x 20') rolled off the top of the bundle of approximately 7 PVC pipes and struck him on the head. The employee sustained a neck fracture. | |||||
2021-06-24 | Dallas | Tx | Prodigy Design & Renovation Inc. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was on top of a mobile scaffold approximately 5 feet off the floor. While pulling himself and rolling the scaffold to the next work area, the wheel of the scaffold became unstable, and the scaffold fell over. The employee sustained an injured left hip. | |||||
2021-06-15 | Dallas | Tx | United Parcel Service Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was delivering packages when they began to feel ill due to heat stress, resulting in hospitalization. | |||||
2021-06-15 | Dallas | Tx | Otis Elevator Company | Ankle(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee had just finished installing the traveling cable on an elevator and was standing on the work deck when the hanger failed. As the traveling cable fell, it wrapped around the employee's legs and broke both of his ankles. | |||||
2021-06-15 | Dallas | Tx | Altium packaging | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on an 8-foot A-frame ladder, using a resin rod to unjam a blowback chute above. The ladder tipped over and the employee fell, landing on the ladder and suffering four broken left-side ribs. | |||||
2021-06-14 | Dallas | Tx | Ancortex, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was standing about 15 feet away from a concrete truck. As the truck moved up a ramp to dump its load of concrete, one of its tires threw a rock that struck and fractured the employee's left leg. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-06-08 | Dallas | Tx | Atrium Windows and Doors | Leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning rollers on a roller oven. He was pulled into the box of the oven, suffering injuries to the right leg. | |||||
2021-06-05 | Dallas | Tx | Costco | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee's pant leg was caught by a forklift tire and pulled. The employee's left ankle was broken. | |||||
2021-05-10 | Dallas | Tx | Hitachi High-Tech America, Inc | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking in the hallway when he slipped on water that was on the floor and injured his right ankle. | |||||
2021-05-01 | Dallas | Tx | Transport Corporation of America Inc | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking around his truck at the customer's loading dock area when they slipped in mud and fell, resulting in a broken right ankle and leg. | |||||
2021-04-21 | Dallas | Tx | Perry & Perry Builders, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet |
An employee fell from a window sill to the concrete 5 feet below. The employee suffered internal injuries and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-04-19 | Dallas | Tx | Southeast Unloading, LLC | Brain | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was unloading merchandise. A pallet jack took a sharp turn next to him, and a load of frozen food tipped off the jack onto him. He suffered bruises to the back and legs, as well as a closed head injury. | |||||
2021-04-13 | Dallas | Tx | Brill Inc | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was stepping off a fixed ladder. She fell at the fourth step and broke her left ankle. | |||||
2021-04-08 | Dallas | Tx | UPS | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was walking up the K-loader when they slipped and fell over the side of the K-loader to the ground below. The employee sustained a fractured right arm. | |||||
2021-04-07 | Dallas | Tx | AT&T Services Incorporated | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was climbing down an extension ladder when he lost his footing and fell feet first to the ground. The employee's ankles were injured. | |||||
2021-03-22 | Dallas | Tx | Earle M Jorgensen Co. | Multiple body parts | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was using a stand-up forklift to pick up a metal bin. The mast of the forklift hit an overhead door, causing the forklift to tip over backwards. Inside the cab, the employee suffered seven broken ribs and a broken collarbone. | |||||
2021-03-22 | Dallas | Tx | A Caring Doctor (Texas) P.C. | Arm(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
A veterinarian was helping another employee put a dog in a kennel. The dog bit the veterinarian on the left arm, causing a puncture and a laceration. | |||||
2021-03-16 | Dallas | Tx | CityVet - Lovers Lane | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Kicked by animal |
An employee was kicked in the stomach by a dog while holding down the dog for a normal procedure. The employee sustained injuries to the abdomen and required surgery. | |||||
2021-03-09 | Dallas | Tx | FedEx Ground Package System Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was clearing a package jam when the tip of his little finger was caught between a belt and a transition plate. The finger was lacerated and the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2021-02-22 | Dallas | Tx | COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL, LP | Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was about to unload the garbage from a garbage compactor. When he released the lever on the door, it swung open and struck him in the face. He suffered a broken nose and a facial laceration. | |||||
2021-02-20 | Dallas | Tx | Oncor Electric Delivery, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was in the back of a truck, trying to get a transformer un-wedged from underneath an object. His hand slipped and he fell off the back of the truck, landing on his back. He was hospitalized, suffering from lower back pain and pain down his right leg. | |||||
2021-02-20 | Dallas | Tx | IRON MOUNTAIN INC | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on an ice-covered parking lot while leaving his vehicle. He suffered multiple fractures and was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2021-02-13 | Dallas | Tx | Circle K | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell on ice when she walked over to a gas pump to help a customer, resulting in a broken left arm. | |||||
2021-02-10 | Dallas | Tx | Taylor Farms Texas, Inc. | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was drying a conveyor belt when her hand got caught on the gears underneath. She sustained lacerations to the hand and fingers. | |||||
2021-01-28 | Dallas | Tx | Pegasus Link Constructors | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cleaning a concrete form using a hand grinder with a wire wheel. His right thumb was caught in the tool's handle and lacerated. | |||||
2021-01-23 | Dallas | Tx | United States Postal Service | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was unjamming a mail sorting machine when it started up. The employee's left hand was caught between a conveyor belt and a roller, and bones in the hand were broken. | |||||
2021-01-21 | Dallas | Tx | Continental American Corporation | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was removing defective balloons from a conveyor belt when the employee's gloved hand, and then hair, were caught by the conveyor belt rollers. The employee's right arm was broken in two places. | |||||
2021-01-19 | Dallas | Tx | Stratas Foods | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was walking back to his office when a forklift struck him as he was turning right into an aisle, resulting in a broken left leg and ankle. | |||||
2021-01-18 | Dallas | Tx | USPS | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was on a dock placing a seal on the doors of a truck trailer when the truck pulled away from the dock, causing the employee to fall 3 feet to the ground below and fracture his right shoulder. | |||||
2021-01-15 | Dallas | Tx | Active Truck Transport LLC | Brain | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was involved in an altercation with another passenger while exiting a flight at the airport. The employee sustained a fractured skull, bleeding on the brain and 3 lost teeth. | |||||
2021-01-13 | Dallas | Tx | XPO LOGISTICS FREIGHT, INC. | Multiple body parts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was removing the straps from a crate (containing a boat motor) on a trailer. When the straps were removed, the crate fell onto the employee and broke his right leg and jaw. | |||||
2021-01-12 | Dallas | Tx | GC Packaging | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was fixing a misaligned piece of paper in a blister packing machine when the machine caught her right middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2020-10-14 | Dallas | Tx | Creekwood Property Corporation | Hand(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was changing the tip on a pressure washer when water was injected into their right hand. | |||||
2020-10-12 | Dallas | Tx | Bee Safe Services Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
An employee went outside of an office building while other employees where fuming a honeycomb. The employee was stung in the head by a bee, went into cardiac arrest, and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-10-07 | Dallas | Tx | Western Water Proofing Company of America | Head | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell while descending a ladder inside of a scaffold and sustained a head laceration. | |||||
2020-10-05 | Dallas | Tx | Lipman-Texas, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was pulling some film from a double tray sealer when the cutter blade/heater came down and amputated part of her finger. | |||||
2020-10-01 | Dallas | Tx | Commercial Metals Company | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee had been installing new blades on a wire chopper granulator. A metal shard got in the employee's left eye and the employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-09-28 | Dallas | Tx | HD Supply Facilities, Ltd. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift. The forklift was about to hit a pallet and she jumped off; the forklift then rolled over her left foot, resulting in broken toes and a cut. | |||||
2020-09-23 | Dallas | Tx | American Textile Company, Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was clearing a clog in fiber processing equipment when his hand came in contact with a moving part, injuring his fingers and resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2020-09-22 | Dallas | Tx | Discount Tire | Multiple head locations | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was removing a wheel and tire assembly from the safety inflation cage. The wheel and tire assembly failed and the employee sustained a concussion, a fractured jaw, and broken teeth. | |||||
2020-09-18 | Dallas | Tx | Luxor Staffing | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was working at a swaging station. The swaging machine amputated the employee's right index finger. | |||||
2020-09-14 | Dallas | Tx | Harris Rebar | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating the rebar bending machine and amputated his left index fingertip. | |||||
2020-09-13 | Dallas | Tx | Walmart, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a ladder and suffered a head injury. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-09-08 | Dallas | Tx | Taylor Publishing Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a jam in a laminating machine when the tips of her glove were caught between the feed and snap rollers, pulling in her right hand and crushing her little, index, and ring fingers. | |||||
2020-09-08 | Dallas | Tx | Waste Management Inc. | Eye(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was tying a bungee cord when it came loose and struck his left eye resulting in the loss of the eye at the hospital. | |||||
2020-09-08 | Dallas | Tx | LMMM DALLAS #37, LTD | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting meat with a bandsaw when his hands slipped and contacted the saw blade, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2020-09-07 | Dallas | Tx | Taylor Farms | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was having lunch and walking around a table when she tripped over the table and fell, sustaining a broken hip. | |||||
2020-09-02 | Dallas | Tx | CityVet Addison | Arm(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
An employee was restraining a dog when it bit the employee's left arm. | |||||
2020-08-30 | Dallas | Tx | Whole Foods Market | Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level |
An employee fell in a produce cooler, hit his head, and sustained a broken nose. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-08-28 | Dallas | Tx | King Supply Co | Upper arm(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
A temporary employee was helping with a bundle of steel when a vertical row of 7 pieces of 2" tubing began to fall over. He reached out with his right arm to catch them, and when he pulled his arm back, his upper arm brushed against the end of one of the tubes, resulting in a laceration. | |||||
2020-08-24 | Dallas | Tx | Niagara Bottling, LLC | Neck and back | Struck by falling object or equipment |
A hopper lid fell on an employee who was removing a bag, injuring the back of his neck and his upper back. | |||||
2020-08-20 | Dallas | Tx | United Parcel Service | Foot (feet) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was straightening rollers on a load when the roller's wheels collapsed and fell on his right foot, breaking two bones. | |||||
2020-08-18 | Dallas | Tx | Gleeson Constructors & Engineers, LLC. | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was opening a bundle of bar joists. One of the joists fell and caused another joist to hit the employee's left leg, breaking it. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-08-17 | Dallas | Tx | MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL | Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was transporting a patient to a psychiatric unit. The patient struck the employee in the nose with a stethoscope, breaking the employee's nose. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-08-12 | Dallas | Tx | MK Custom Roofing, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a ladder and injured both feet and his back. | |||||
2020-08-11 | Dallas | Tx | Standard Utility Construction, Inc. | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was repairing a primary jumper. The employee was shocked, suffering a burn on the hand as well as a fractured back vertebra. | |||||
2020-07-30 | Dallas | Texas | Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
A pallet jack crashed into an angle iron, pinning an employee. The employee suffered a broken right tibia and fibula. | |||||
2020-07-23 | Dallas | Tx | Kent Companies | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee had been surveying when they started feeling dehydrated. The employee left the job site, became ill, and was hospitalized for heat stress. | |||||
2020-07-21 | Dallas | Texas | Cherry Coatings Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
The injured employee was painting while another subcontractor on the same floor was using a generator to conduct welding. Carbon monoxide from the generator accumulated and overcame the injured employee. | |||||
2020-07-10 | Dallas | Texas | Harold James, INC. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was pulling tools up onto the roof. He laid on his stomach and slid off the upper roof onto the lower roof. When he landed, he suffered a dislocated ankle. | |||||
2020-07-04 | Dallas | Texas | Start Kleen Legacy | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a conveyor belt when his finger was caught between the belt and a sprocket. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2020-06-27 | Dallas | Texas | El Rancho Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was working on a flour rounder machine. When she tried to get a piece of dough out of the machine she suffered a right index finger amputation. | |||||
2020-06-24 | Dallas | Texas | TDIndustries, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
A temporary employee was removing a part that she had just fabricated from the rolling machine. She stepped on the foot pedal while her hand was near the roller, which snagged her glove and pulled two fingertips into the roller. Her right middle and index fingertips were crushed. | |||||
2020-06-23 | Dallas | Texas | Fiesta Mart, LLC | Hand(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
While exiting a refrigerator, an employee's hand was caught and degloved by the closing door. | |||||
2020-06-22 | Dallas | Texas | Cemplex Group Texas, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was operating a gypsum pump when he lost his footing and grabbed an area to prevent him from falling. The area he grabbed contained mixing blades that were rotating. As a result, he lost the end of his left middle and ring fingers just above the fingernail. | |||||
2020-06-22 | Dallas | Georgia | O'Reilly Auto Parts | Knee(s) | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was having a heated discussion with a customer when the customer pushed the employee to the floor. He landed on and fractured his left knee. | |||||
2020-06-19 | Dallas | Texas | Univar Solutions | Arm(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee stopped at a metal store on his way to work. He was moving expanded metal sheets when they slipped and lacerated his arm. | |||||
2020-06-16 | Dallas | Texas | DAP Products, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was training to pack boxes on the extruding line. While reaching for a lid, the employee's left pinky finger was caught in the slat conveyor. The left pinky fingertip was amputated to the first knuckle at the hospital. | |||||
2020-06-09 | Dallas | Texas | Southeastern Freightlines | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
An employee was hooking two trailers. As the employee was positioning a converter dolly at the first trailer, the dolly started to roll toward him. His left thumb was caught between the dolly and the lead trailer and sustained an amputation. | |||||
2020-06-01 | Dallas | Texas | FedEx Freight | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee tripped and fell while exiting a tractor, suffering a left ankle injury. | |||||
2020-05-29 | Dallas | Texas | UPS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
Two employees were moving a cart, one pushing it and the other pulling it. They reached a point where they needed to turn, and as they did the second employee's right little finger was caught between the cart and a metal pole. The finger was amputated. | |||||
2020-05-27 | Dallas | Texas | Marcelo Rodrguez | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
While doing touchup work on the second story, an employee fell 12 feet and was hospitalized for a fractured rib and a fractured left foot. |