Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-20 | Ennis | Tx | Ennis Steel Industries Fabrication Shop | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was helping to move a steel bin when their gloves got caught between the bin and a piece of equipment, resulting in a crushed hand. | |||||
2021-09-21 | Stennis Space Center | Ms | Syncom Space Services, LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
An employee was performing preventive maintenance on a forklift and opened the door to access the battery bank. As the employee started sliding the battery bank out, his right ring finger was caught between the forklift and a structural beam resulting in a fracture and a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-04-26 | Ennis | Tx | Walmart | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was pushing a conveyor belt out of a truck after unloading the truck. A finger on his left hand was caught in the folding parts of the belt. He suffered an amputation to the finger. | |||||
2020-09-28 | Ennis | Tx | Sterilite Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee's hair was entangled in a conveyor. While trying to free her hair, her thumb was caught in the conveyor roller causing a fracture and laceration. | |||||
2020-07-15 | Dennison | Ohio | Moorehead Brothers | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
A fire occurred while an employee was transferring fuel from a larger tank to a smaller tank on a pickup truck. The employee was burned on the right arm and the right side from their armpit to their waistline. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-07-10 | Ennis | Montana | Associated Underwater Services, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was using a crane to set concrete blocks for a concrete footing. The crane came into close proximity with overhead power lines and two employees were electrically shocked and hospitalized. | |||||
2020-07-09 | Ennis | Montana | Bar 7 Ranch | Multiple body parts | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee was moving livestock. A bull hit a corral gate, which in turn struck the employee. The employee suffered a broken kneecap, a possible throat injury, and a concussion. | |||||
2020-02-28 | Ennis | Texas | Cody Company LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a brake press and fractured two fingers and dislocated one finger. | |||||
2019-09-11 | Stennis Space Center | Mississippi | Syncom Space Services, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a manual guillotine cutter to cut plastic tags and cut their left thumb, resulting in a thumb tip amputation. | |||||
2019-05-01 | Ennis | Texas | Walmart Supercenter #286 | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was unloading and picking up merchandise from a truck when several boxes of canned dog food fell from the rack. The employee was struck in the head and was hospitalized with internal bleeding. | |||||
2019-04-08 | Ennis | Texas | Cody Company, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was standing on the opposite side of the metal brake press machine when it tipped over and fell on the employee. The employee suffered right lower leg bruises. | |||||
2019-03-25 | Ennis | Texas | Fluor Heavy Civil, LLC | Multiple body parts | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely |
Two employees were repairing a filter fence around a storm drain. A semi-trailer lost its two back wheels, which struck the employees. One of the employees was hospitalized, having suffered a broken wrist, ribs, fingers, and shoulder along with head trauma. | |||||
2018-04-25 | Ennis | Texas | ADS Pipe | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was operating a table saw while cutting PVC pipe when the saw amputated the employee's left pinky finger. | |||||
2018-04-23 | Ennis | Texas | U.S. Polyco | Multiple body parts | Fire or explosion |
An employee was lighting a cutting torch to remove an out-of-service tank when a second tank ignited. The employee suffered a broken leg and second degree burns to the face. | |||||
2017-08-17 | Ennis | Texas | Tamko Building Products | Hip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was operating a laser guided vehicle (LGV). The employee put the LGV in manual, got off the machine and was pinched between the LGV and conveyor, suffering a right hip contusion. | |||||
2017-06-28 | Ennis | Texas | AutoNation Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Ennis | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was lifting an engine using a hoist when the chain slipped on the hoist and caught the employee's right small finger between the chain and engine. The employee's finger was severely lacerated. | |||||
2017-04-01 | South Dennis | Massachusett | TJX Companies | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
On April 1, 2017, an employee caught her ankle on a push cart and fell, suffering knee and head trauma. She required surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2017-03-28 | Ennis | Texas | US Poly, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was using a hose to unload a tank of hot asphalt when the hose broke, allowing the asphalt to splash and burn the employee. | |||||
2017-03-04 | Ennis | Texas | Leggett & Platt, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was troubleshooting a paper jam on a machine and amputated two fingers. | |||||
2017-02-02 | Dennison | Ohio | Eastern Resource Svc | Multiple body parts | Explosion |
Two employees were injured by an explosion at the worksite, suffering bone fractures, burns, and internal injuries. | |||||
2017-01-26 | Ennis | Texas | Pencco, Inc. | Head, neck, and trunk | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was moving totes of sulfuric acid with a forklift when a tote was accidentally punctured, causing the acid to spray out and burn the employee's neck, face, and chest. | |||||
2016-07-08 | West Dennis | Massachusett | Vertex Engineering Services | Leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was walking outside when his leg gave way and he fell, breaking his left leg and requiring hospitalization/surgery. | |||||
2016-07-07 | Ennis | Texas | Tamko Building Products, Inc. | Cheek(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was walking when he fell and struck his knee. He then continued to fall, striking and fracturing his right cheek on a concrete support base. | |||||
2016-06-21 | Camp Dennison | Ohio | AIM MRO, LLC | Skull | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was trying to unjam a drive shaft on a vacuum pump with a pipe wrench. The drive shaft unjammed, causing the pipe wrench that was still on the drive shaft to spin and strike the employee in the head and eye socket area. The employee suffered a head laceration and a skull and eye socket fracture. | |||||
2016-05-13 | Ennis | Texas | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Skull | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking into the break room when he slipped and fell on the damp floor, suffering a hairline fracture to his head. | |||||
2016-03-07 | South Dennis | Massachusett | ROBERT CHILDS, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was changing out a hydraulic line from a piston-holding, hoist-on roll-off when it fell, injuring the employee who required hospitalization. | |||||
2016-02-03 | Ennis | Texas | MWH Constructors, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was finishing up concrete when concrete got into the top of the employee's boots and burned both feet. | |||||
2015-12-18 | Ennis | Texas | Betafence USA | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was loading a flatbed trailer with a forklift. The employee climbed on top of the trailer and fell approximately six feet and fractured his hip. | |||||
2015-12-09 | Dennis | Mississippi | R & D Maintenance Services Inc. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell from a 4-foot aluminum step ladder while washing an outside window, fracturing the right ankle. | |||||
2015-06-18 | Ennis | Texas | CVS DISTRIBUTION CENTER | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was working in a parked trailer at the distribution center when he tripped and fell. | |||||
2015-05-13 | Camp Dennison | Ohio | Ernst Enterprises, Inc. | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c. |
A dump truck from another company, broke down in front of the plant, and employees helped to pull it into the yard with a front end loader. The dump truck had a broken V joint. The injured employee kicked the drive shaft back towards the center of the truck while the vehicle was in motion, and the truck's back axle ran over the employee's legs and feet. | |||||
2015-05-13 | Ennis | Texas | Polyguard Products | Multiple body parts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee operating the roll machine inadvertently put his hand in the roller, which rolled him into the machine and broke his left arm, ribs, and hand. | |||||
2015-05-07 | Ennis | Texas | JB Hunt Transport | Thigh(s) | Jump to lower level |
An employee was exiting his semi-truck when he noticed a puddle of water outside the driver's side door. To avoid getting his feet wet, he stepped between the cab of the truck and the trailer to get to the passenger side. He dismounted the truck from the passenger side and landed in an awkward position, breaking his right leg between the hip and the knee. | |||||
2015-02-17 | Ennis | Texas | Schirm USA, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
Employee was struck by a forklift as the employee was walking behind it. | |||||
2015-01-19 | Ennis | Texas | Performance Foodservice Temple | Leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
Employee making a delivery struck a tree limb with his truck when entering the facility. The tree limb fell and remained on top of the trailer. The employee pulled the downed limb off the top of the truck and the limb landed on him breaking his leg. |