Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-02-10 | Fabens | Texas | National Pecan Shelling Operations, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was feeding a hopper when her right middle finger was caught in the auger, resulting in a middle finger amputation. | |||||
2017-02-03 | Fabens | Texas | Fabens Production Inc. | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating a backhoe to place trimmed pecan tree branches onto a trailer. The employee struck a tree that had trimmed branches still suspended from it. One branch came loose and fell, striking the employee's head and causing a traumatic head injury. |