Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-25 | Farmers Branch | Tx | Tuesday Morning Partners, Ltd. | Upper extremities | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was standing at a roller conveyor when it started up. The employee's gloved hand was caught in a roller. The employee suffered a degloving injury and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-06-11 | Farmers Branch | Texas | Groves Electrical Services, Inc | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was descending a light pole and stepped onto an A-frame ladder in the closed position. The ladder gave way and the employee fell approximately 8 feet to the ground level, suffering right hip and right rib injuries. | |||||
2020-05-30 | Farmers Branch | Texas | Novolex Seals Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was changing the roll on a winder machine when the employee's hand entered the machine to cut plastic, resulting in amputation of the right index finger. | |||||
2019-03-14 | Farmers Branch | Texas | El Rancho | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was struck by an automobile while retrieving shopping carts in the store's parking lot, suffering multiple injuries. | |||||
2019-03-07 | Farmers Branch | Texas | Tuesday Morning | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
While walking to a conveyor, an employee tripped over a yellow metal guard on the floor. The employee suffered an injury to the right knee. | |||||
2018-07-21 | Farmers Branch | Texas | ADVANCED CONCRETE SURFACES, LTD | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee felt ill and was hospitalized with symptoms of dehydration. | |||||
2018-07-10 | Farmers Branch | Texas | Heath Consultants Incorporated | Nonclassifiable | Bites and stings |
While finding a gas line's tracer wire, an employee moved vegetation from around a gas meter and was bitten on the right ring finger by a snake. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-06-07 | Farmers Branch | Texas | United States Postal Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
The employee had just completed their route and began experiencing symptoms of heat-related illness. | |||||
2017-09-09 | Farmers Branch | Texas | Tuesday Morning Partners, Inc. | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was stacking pallets when a nearby forklift operator reversed and struck the employee, who suffered lacerations to the right heel and ankle. | |||||
2016-09-14 | Farmers Branch | Texas | Advanced Concrete Surfaces, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
After returning to the warehouse, an employee felt overheated and began cramping due to dehydration. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion. | |||||
2016-04-21 | Farmers Branch | Texas | Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was performing maintenance on a piece of machinery when the machine became energized and amputated his right index finger. | |||||
2015-10-23 | Farmers Branch | Texas | Kenco Logistics LLC | Hip(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
Two forklifts collided and one employee suffered a hip injury. | |||||
2015-10-07 | Farmers Branch | Texas | JMEG, LP | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was hospitalized with a fractured right wrist and skull fracture after falling off a 10-foot ladder. | |||||
2015-05-08 | Farmers Branch | Texas | Precision Landscape Management , LP | Ankle(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was digging with a shovel when the shovel hit his ankle. He received a hairline fracture on his ankle. | |||||
2015-03-04 | Farmers Branch | Texas | Staff Force Inc. | Thigh(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
An employee fell from the third floor to the second floor when his foot got stuck on a pallet. He fell with the pallet to the second floor. He broke his femur and was admitted to the hospital and treated. | |||||
2015-02-07 | Farmers Branch | Texas | Venture Metals | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
Employee was performing maintenance on the Sweed machine. He opened the machine before turning it off and his hand became caught in the gears. | |||||
2015-01-15 | Farmers Branch | Texas | Tindall Mechanical | Fingertip(s) | Rubbed or abraded by friction or pressure, n.e.c. |
Employee was bleeding the pressure off a weighted ball used to check stormwater pipes for leaks. The weight of the water inside the PVC pipe caused the ball to slide down the pipe. Employee grabbed the rope strap with his right hand and the strap's force and sharp edge severed his right-thumb tip. The finger tip was recovered and delivered to Parkland Hospital, but didn't have enough bone to be reattached. |