Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2017-09-26 | Farmersville | Texas | Rise Broadband | Ankle(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
An employee was checking the position of a radio tower when it began to collapse. He jumped off the collapsing tower and shattered his ankle. | |||||
2015-11-11 | Farmersville | Texas | Gerdau | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to free the arm piece of a pneumatically operated shear line machine. The machine's arm became free and caught the employee's right index finger between the arm and the frame of the machine, amputating it. |