Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-02	El Paso	Tx	Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.	Jaw, chin	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee parked a forklift inside a trailer while unloading freight. The employee was adjusting deck bars loaded with freight when a deck bar and freight fell, knocking the employee into the forklift blades. The employee sustained a fractured jaw and lacerations on their mouth; the employee was hospitalized.
2021-09-27	El Paso	Tx	Alliance Riggers & Constructors LTD	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
The injured employee was waiting for rigged up material to be taken away by the crane. A second employee lifted rebars with a forklift. Some rebars were under an H-type steel beam weighing 2500 lbs. and when lifted they tipped the steel beam over on to another beam next to it in a domino effect motion. The beam struck the injured employee and fractured both lower legs.
2021-09-21	El Paso	Tx	FlagStone Foods, LLC	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee lost balance when removing a lid from a metal bin and she fell, breaking her right femur.
2021-08-10	El Paso	Tx	Hernandez Framing, LLC	Hip(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was descending a 4-foot ladder while holding a pneumatic nail gun when the gun triggered and a nail struck his right hip, resulting in hospitalization.
2021-07-15	El Paso	Tx	One Properties	Lower extremities	Stepped on object
An employee stepped on a nail in a parking lot. The wound became infected, resulting in an amputation.
2021-07-08	El Paso	Tx	FEDEX Freight	Hand(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was attaching a dolly to the back of a trailer. His left hand was caught and crushed between the dolly and the trailer. He was hospitalized.
2021-07-06	El Paso	Tx	IES Residential, Inc.	Multiple face locations	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was installing a grounding rod next to an electrical panel using an impact tool. He was standing at the edge of a trench which was approximately 2 feet deep. It had rained the previous day so the ground was damp and loose. The tool was placed on top of the grounding rod and it covered approximately 6 inches of the top of the rod. The employee would lift up the tool without exposing the top of the rod and then using a downward force, drive the rod into the ground. One of the times, af
2021-06-08	El Paso	Tx	Pay and Save Inc.	Foot (feet)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was unloading a grocery truck on a dock. As he was setting a dock plate between the truck and the dock floor, his right foot was caught under the dock plate. He suffered a fracture to the second metatarsal.
2021-05-24	El Paso	Tx	FEDEX NATIONAL LTL	Nonclassifiable	Fall, slip, trip
An employee lost his footing as he exited a trailer. The trailer's rear door strap was pulled onto his right shin.
2021-05-13	El Paso	Tx	Tasty Kabob	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee's left hand was caught in a meat grinder. The hand was amputated.
2021-05-12	El Paso	Tx	Rogupe Sasa Molding Inc.	Hand(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
On May 12, 2021, at around 8:45 a.m., an employee was installing a cutting head into a molder machine when the cutting head slipped from his hands and the blades cut his hands. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-05-07	El Paso	Tx	Global Enterprises	Fingertip(s)	Nonclassifiable
An employee suffered a fingertip amputation of their right-hand pinky finger.
2021-04-06	El Paso	Tx	Mata's Fruit Store	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was painting from a 10-foot ladder that was leaning against a wall. The ladder slipped out from the employee and he fell from the third rung, striking his head on the ground and suffering a head injury.
2021-02-19	El Paso	Tx	Hardy Hole Drilling	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
After removing the auger from the kelley of a drilling rig, an employee was setting the kelley onto the cleanout bucket. The employee was trying to insert the pin to attach the cleanout bucket to the kelley and cleaning the pin hole with his left index finger on his left hand. The kelley was lifted while his finger was still in the pin hole, causing the amputation of the finger at the first knuckle.
2021-02-16	El Paso	Il	Corteva AgriScience LLC	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking towards the receiving area entrance from the parking lot when they slipped on black ice. The employee grabbed onto an orange barrel to stop from falling and twisted their leg, resulting in fractures to the tibia and fibula.
2021-01-19	El Paso	Tx	D&D Manufacturing, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was loading blanks into a hydraulic press when two fingers on their left hand were caught in the press and amputated.
2020-10-11	El Paso	Tx	Delfingen	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee received an electrical shock after inserting a wire into a molding machine.
2020-09-29	El Paso	Tx	Dustrol Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was preparing to lift the averaging arm on a milling machine and place it in the locked position so the milling machine could back up and get into position to start a new cut on asphalt. The milling machine started backing up. Another employee grabbed the averaging arm by the end to help the first employee; it raised unbalanced, the opposite end teetered, stuck into the asphalt surface, and the end the second employee was holding lifted. The employee's right index and middle fingers
2020-09-18	El Paso	Tx	REMSA USA Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
A temporary employee was operating a lathe and caught his right middle finger in the machine. Half of the finger was amputated at the hospital.
2020-09-13	El Paso	Tx	El Paso V Enterprises	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was pushing a housekeeping cart down a ramp to the trash can. The ramp was approximately 6 inches from the sidewalk to the ground level. The cart went off the ramp and the employee tripped over the cart and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left hip.
2020-09-05	El Paso	Tx	RIiverbend Crane & Rigging, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
An employee was tacking metal deck and fell 18 feet through the metal deck roof. The employee sustained injuries to his pelvis and right arm and facial lacerations. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-09-04	El Paso	Tx	Golden Peanut Company, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee had been operating a forklift. While releasing a dumper trash hopper into a dumpster, the employee's finger became trapped in the base of the trash hopper. The left index fingertip was amputated.
2020-08-22	El Paso	Tx	TVI, Inc.	Shoulder(s) and arm(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
A small book cart slipped off the forks of a forklift and fell on an employee, crushing the employee's arm and shoulder.
2020-08-14	El Paso	Tx	Dnata USA/El Paso International Airport	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
While pushing a test weight onto the belt loader, an employee's finger got caught between the hand extension and the loader's pillar resulting in a right index fingertip amputation.
2020-08-05	El Paso	Tx	Brokers Logistics	Ankle(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was standing on a dock when a dock plate shifted. The employee's right foot was caught between the curb stop and the rear end of a forklift. The employee suffered a degloving to the right ankle.
2020-07-02	El Paso	Texas	Rendons Mobiler Home Transport	Hand(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
On July 2, 2020, an employee using a hydraulic bottle jack on a mobile home trailer frame suffered a crushed hand and was hospitalized.
2020-07-01	El Paso	Texas	Eleganza Granite, Inc.	Hand(s), except finger(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting granite with a grinder when the grinder cut the employee's right hand above the middle finger knuckle.
2020-06-26	El Paso	Texas	Columbus Industries Texas, LLP	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was straightening material on an oven feed line. He was reaching around and under the machine to adjust the material when his fingers were caught in the nip rollers of the feeder line. He suffered three fractured right fingers, and his ring finger was degloved and partially amputated.
2020-06-25	El Paso	Texas	W. SILVER RECYCLING, INC.	Arm(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was driving a spotting truck with a shipping container into a loading dock. The truck came into contact with a trailer in the adjoining dock; his left arm was pinched between the truck and the trailer.
2020-06-16	El Paso	Texas	Martin Tire Company	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was working in the shop in the tire machine when the machine crushed the employee's left hand.
2020-06-03	El Paso	Texas	Mount Franklin Foods	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
At about 8:55 p.m., an employee trying to dump waste into a large container using a forklift with a self-dumping attachment. As the forks were raised, the load shifted and pinched his left ring finger, partially amputating it. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-05-31	El Paso	Texas	Dan Williams Compnay	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was installing pipes for highway construction. Two of the employee's fingers were crushed between a girder and a PVC pipe. The employee underwent surgery.
2020-05-26	El Paso	Texas	El Paso III Enterprises	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on a wet floor and fell, fracturing her right knee. She was hospitalized.
2020-05-22	El Paso	Texas	Bain Construction	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
After disconnecting a clevis from an excavation bucket, an employee bent down to pick up a stack when the excavator operator turned the excavator. The bucket then hit the employee in the head, causing a neck fracture.
2020-05-08	El Paso	Texas	United Parcel Services (UPS)	Nonclassifiable	Nonclassifiable
An employee was found on the floor after delivering his last package.
2020-05-07	El Paso	Texas	United Parcel Services (UPS)	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
A delivery driver became dizzy and vomited, suffering from heat-related dehydration.
2020-05-04	El Paso	Texas	Jordan Foster Construction	Foot (feet)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was waiting to help guide a concrete barrier as it was moved. The barrier struck his left foot, injuring it.
2020-04-28	El Paso	Texas	RD Food Manufacturing	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting meat with a saw. The blade amputated the tip of his left pinky finger.
2020-03-20	El Paso	Texas	Burlington Stores, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was moving a shopping cart out of the office and tripped, resulting in a fracture to her right foot.
2020-03-11	El Paso	Texas	Sugaright, LLC	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was changing a valve while working from a ladder. The ladder slipped and the employee fell with the ladder to the concrete floor, sustaining a head injury.
2020-03-04	El Paso	Texas	Border Trading, Inc	Hand(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was disassembling an MRI medical table when it fell onto his hand, breaking it.
2020-02-18	El Paso	Texas	The Bartlett Assisted Living	Pelvis	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped over a cord while maneuvering around a resident's bed, striking the ground and requiring hospitalization for a broken pelvis.
2020-01-22	El Paso	Texas	MV Transportation Inc.	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking through a maintenance shop after completing a DVIR (Driver's Vehicle Inspection Report) when she slipped (possibly on a piece of insulation) and fell to the concrete floor, hitting her head. She suffered a brain injury.
2020-01-16	El Paso	Texas	Osburn Contractors, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee was stacking and organizing materials at a tower construction site when he fell through a 3-foot-by-6-foot hole that had been covered by plywood. He landed on a lower-level floor and suffered fractures to the left femur, left foot, left arm, and pelvis.
2020-01-07	El Paso	Texas	Centimark Corporation	Brain	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee fell through a roof while installing decking and was hospitalized for a fractured skull and pelvis, a brain bleed and a laceration to the right elbow.
2019-09-18	El Paso	Texas	MFH ENVIRONMENTAL	Forearm(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was climbing out a window and onto a roof ledge when he slipped. While trying to hold on and break his fall, his right forearm contacted glass from a possible broken window and was lacerated.
2019-09-18	El Paso	Texas	El Paso Prepared Foods, LLC	Forearm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a tortilla mixer when the machine turned on. His right arm was then caught in the machine, resulting in a broken bone above the right wrist.
2019-09-10	El Paso	Texas	CVS	Foot (feet)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was lifting a case of eight 1-gallon water jugs when the case fell on his right foot. Suffering from swelling (as well as what appeared to be an insect bite) on the foot, he was hospitalized.
2019-09-05	El Paso	Texas	Hawk Construction	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee's safety vest became entangled with a trenching machine's blade, and the blade lacerated the employee's back.
2019-09-04	El Paso	Texas	H & R Landscaping & Maintenance, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee suffered a cut finger while cleaning painting equipment.
2019-09-04	El Paso	Texas	Flagstone Foods	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was removing jammed cardboard from a box-making machine. The machine lacerated the employee's left thumb.
2019-09-03	El Paso	Texas	Paragon Systems Inc.	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was conducting a training scenario with pepper spray and a baton. The employee went to get up from his knees, but fell back and rolled on his ankle breaking it in two places.
2019-08-30	El Paso	Texas	Focus Logistics Inc.	Brain	Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
An employee was loading skids on a trailer with a forklift. The trailer truck moved away from the dock door and the forklift fell 4 feet to the ground. The employee suffered back and neck injuries and a concussion.
2019-08-29	El Paso	Texas	Smart Tires	Arm(s)	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
An employee was inflating a tire he had just mounted. It ruptured, causing severe injuries to both his arms.
2019-08-23	El Paso	Texas	Genco Fabrication	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was cutting sheet metal when the sheet metal shear contacted his right middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2019-08-17	El Paso	Texas	Jordan Foster Construction	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
A telehandler operator was lifting a finishing machine to the third floor to be used to finish the concrete floor. The operator was trying to get the finisher over the safety cables and went to push the safety cable down. As the operator was pushing the safety cable down, one of the uprights holding up the safety cable detached from the angle iron causing the operator to fall approximately 30 feet. The employee suffered a fractured pelvis and liver damage.
2019-08-03	El Paso	Texas	Walmart	Nonclassifiable	Shooting by other person-intentional
Two employees were shot by an active shooter in a store.
2019-08-01	El Paso	Texas	El Paso Electric	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was working outdoors on powerlines. On returning to the yard, the employee became ill and was hospitalized for heat stress.
2019-06-25	El Paso	Texas	Zeke's Pueblo Mexican Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a band saw to cut meat and amputated his left thumb.
2019-06-15	El Paso	Texas	J&J Worldwide Services	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
At 9:45 a.m. on June 15, 2019, an employee suffered a possible hernia while lifting a door onto a dolly.
2019-06-13	El Paso	Texas	Cash America Pawn, Store #2423	Hand(s)	Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional
An employee was evaluating a firearm that a customer brought in to sell when the firearm discharged and shot the employee's hand.
2019-05-20	El Paso	Texas	Wells Industries, L.L.C.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee in the wood department lacerated three fingers while cutting wood on a table saw. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-05-11	El Paso	Texas	PepsiCo, Inc	Brain	Nonclassifiable
An employee was hit in the head while racking and was hospitalized with a head injury.
2019-04-26	El Paso	Texas	Best Buy	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was shocked while servicing a dryer at a customer's home. The employee lost consciousness, regained consciousness, and was hospitalized.
2019-04-12	El Paso	Texas	BMC - Building Materials & Construction Solutions	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a linear saw using compressed air. The saw activated and the employee suffered lacerations to the right hand.
2019-03-02	El Paso	Texas	Coefficient Electric	Face	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was installing a light fixture when it fell and struck him. He suffered injuries to the nose and right eye, as well as broken facial bones.
2019-02-25	El Paso	Texas	MSD, LLC	Upper and lower limb(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee's left hand and right leg were burned by hot plastic when it spilled from an injection molding machine. She was hospitalized.
2019-02-19	El Paso	Illinois	American Buildings Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On February 19, 2019, an employee was lowering a purlin onto a rack using an overhead crane. The employee had one hand on the control pendant and one hand on the chain. When the purlin was placed, it rotated and pinched the tip of the left ring finger between the chain and the purlin resulting in a partial amputation.
2019-02-15	El Paso	Texas	COLUMBIA SUSSEX MANAGEMENT LLC	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was ironing when a sheet became lodged in the gears at the lower part of the ironing machine. The gears injured the employee's right arm.
2019-01-26	El Paso	Texas	Barraza Drywall	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee was engaged in drywall installation in an attic. The employee fell through the ceiling and landed on the concrete floor below, injuring his hands and nose.
2019-01-23	El Paso	Texas	Southwire	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was working on a production line, removing a piece of a cable from a spooler. His hand was smashed between the machine and the wire spool. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
2019-01-11	El Paso	Texas	WestRock Services, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
A maintenance employee was attempting to remove a jam when the employee's left middle fingertip was caught between a sprocket and chain, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2019-01-10	El Paso	Texas	Silva's Super Market	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting tripe using the band saw and amputated the little finger on his right hand.
2019-01-08	El Paso	Texas	Alpha Contractors	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee put his weight on a trailer hitch while getting up from connecting a chain. The hitch was not connected to the ball and sank down, catching his finger and later resulting in fingertip amputations.
2018-09-25	El Paso	Texas	Temporary Alternatives, Inc.	Hip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
A temporary employee was funneling cat litter into small bags when a sack of the cat litter fell on him. He suffered a broken right hip and was hospitalized.
2018-09-24	El Paso	Texas	NCSG Crane and Heavy Haul Inc.	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level
The injured employee was standing on a trailer signaling a forklift operator who was loading pipe onto the trailer deck. The pipe rolled and the injured employee tried to stop the rolling pipe. The pipe knocked the employee off the trailer face first and then landed on the fallen employee. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured pelvis and collapsed lung.
2018-09-20	El Paso	Texas	Helen of Troy L.P.	Foot (feet)	Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
An employee was operating a forklift when it ran over his foot. He was hospitalized.
2018-09-04	El Paso	Texas	ITC Insulation	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
AN employee was carrying a roll of insulation tape when he slipped and fractured his left leg, requiring hospitalization.
2018-08-25	El Paso	Texas	Customs and Border Protection-Office of Field Operations	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was climbing down a chain-link fence when he slipped and fell about 20 feet to the ground, breaking his ankle and requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2018-08-24	El Paso	Texas	AD Improvements	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee became ill while doing landscape work. He was hospitalized for possible heat-related illness.
2018-08-20	El Paso	Texas	Yash Builders	Foot (feet)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was stacking boxes of tile when one box fell on and broke his foot. He was hospitalized.
2018-08-07	El Paso	Texas	Jordan Foster Construction	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was trying to hold or guide a wrench and bolt together while using an impact gun at the same time to loosen the bolt. The impact wrench slipped and caused a severe laceration to the employee's left index finger.
2018-08-05	El Paso	Texas	Las Palmas Medical Center	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting, lowering
After lifting heavy trash bags, an employee may have aggravated a recent surgical incision.
2018-07-17	El Paso	Texas	Hellas Construction Inc.	Pelvis	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was adding water to the radiator of a piece of heavy equipment when a front end loader struck him. He suffered abdominal injuries and a broken pelvis and was hospitalized.
2018-07-09	El Paso	Texas	Productos Real	Foot (feet)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was hospitalized for burns to his right foot when he rinsed himself with hot water.
2018-07-05	El Paso	Texas	LaborMax Staffing	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was running conduit below conveyor belts when he went onto a platform and fell approximately 10 feet, breaking his left wrist, five to six right-side ribs, and his right-side pelvis. He was hospitalized. The platform did not have guardrails at the time of the incident.
2018-06-21	El Paso	Texas	Technimark, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was on top of a molding machine, trying to start it, when the safety bar activated and smashed his right ring fingertip. He was hospitalized and had surgery to remove the finger above the first knuckle.
2018-05-31	El Paso	Texas	Tri-State Electric LTD	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was using a tread machine when it became stuck, causing the handle on the tread machine to spin and pinch the employee's left index finger between the machine and the bumper of the truck next to him, resulting in an amputation.
2018-05-23	El Paso	Texas	Coca Cola Refreshment, Inc.	Arm(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was removing an end cap in the filler room when the pressurized end cap struck and lacerated the employee's right arm. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-05-23	El Paso	Texas	Customs and Border Protection-U.S. Border Patrol	BODY SYSTEMS	Nonclassifiable
An employee was conducting training when he became dizzy and experienced blurry vision, requiring hospitalization.
2018-05-18	El Paso	Texas	Federal-Mogul Powertain, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee suffered a fingertip amputation while feeding a machine.
2018-04-30	El Paso	Texas	Customs and Border Protection-Border Patrol	Forearm(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
An employee was retrieving a canine from a kennel when it bit the employee's left forearm, requiring hospitalization.
2018-04-25	El Paso	Texas	Allen Concrete Inc.	Hand(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a powered saw to cut a piece of wood that was supported by two saw horses when the saw cut his hand. He was hospitalized.
2018-04-20	El Paso	Texas	Abrams-Kiewit Joint Venture	Hand(s), except finger(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was operating an aerial lift when the main control feed line ruptured, injecting fluid into his right palm.
2018-04-19	El Paso	Texas	Lopez Scrap Metal, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was cutting metal in an alligator shear machine when a piece of cast aluminum flew off and jammed his left index finger causing two one-inch lacerations.
2018-04-17	El Paso	Texas	Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was using a hydraulic press on a hub when something slipped and struck his left thumb.
2018-04-13	El Paso	Texas	Code Electric Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee moved a bundle of sheetrock in order to look behind it but it fell on his leg, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2018-04-12	El Paso	Texas	SUNDT Construction Inc.	Ankle(s)	Slip without fall, n.e.c.
An employee was descending on an angled concrete embankment when his right foot slipped downward and shifted his body weight to his left foot. This caused his left ankle to rotate laterally, fracturing it.
2018-03-29	El Paso	Texas	Coca Cola Southwest Beverages LLC	Eye(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee dropped a case of 8 oz. glass bottles on top of another case of product while building orders. One of the glass bottles inside the case burst and pieces of glass shot up and struck his right eyelid, causing a laceration. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
2018-03-10	El Paso	Texas	Toro Co	Fingertip(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was changing a die mold when the employee's finger was amputated just below the fingernail line.