Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-05-15 | Falfurrias | Texas | Dept of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
An employee was tracking a group through brush country and was bitten by a rattlesnake. | |||||
2018-04-29 | Falfurrias | Texas | Training Rehabilitation and Devlopment Institute | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was going to retrieve supplies from a storage shed when he disturbed a hornets nest. He backed up quickly to avoid being stung and fell to the ground, breaking his hip and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-02-23 | Falfurrias | Texas | Stripes #2476 | Upper and lower limb(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was helping to empty a drawer that was holding hot waste oil when the oil splashed her hand. She then dropped her side of the container and was further splashed. She suffered burns to her hand, left leg, and feet. |