Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-10	Flower Mound	Tx	Thirty-One Gifts, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to electricity
An employee was on a ladder, working on lighting in a conference room ceiling. The employee was shocked and fell from the ladder to the floor. The employee lost consciousness and sustained burns.
2021-09-19	Flower Mound	Tx	Strata Innovative Solutions	BODY SYSTEMS	Indirect exposure to electricity
An employee was raising a light pole using a digger when the digger made a jerking motion that caused the pole to swing once it was off the ground. The pole made contact with one of the phases, which energized the pole as it swung back and made contact with the employee's chest, resulting in an electrical shock to the chest and a contusion.
2021-05-05	Flower Mound	Tx	FedEx Freight	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell backward while trying to climb onto a dock. The employee suffered an injury and was hospitalized.
2021-04-27	Flower Mound	Tx	Eco Pro Electric	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee slipped and fell off a ladder while changing light bulbs. The employee suffered broken ribs.
2021-01-26	Flower Mound	Tx	Giddy, Inc.	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee had just finished unloading a trailer. The truck began to leave as the employee was removing the dock plate from the trailer. The employee fell between the trailer and the dock, suffering a leg injury.
2021-01-05	Flower Mound	Tx	Hull Associates North, LP	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting a 4'x8' sheet of OSB with a saw when the saw's cord caught on the bottom of the sheet. The saw kicked off the board and contacted the employee's left hand, resulting in the amputation of three fingers. The middle finger was reattached and the other two fingers required stiches.
2020-09-12	Flower Mound	Tx	A Caring Doctor (Texas), P.C.	Hand(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
An employee was trying to muzzle a dog. The dog bit the employee's right hand and the employee was hospitalized.
2020-03-10	Flower Mound	Texas	Tex Mex Framing	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was doing cornice work from a 20-foot scaffold. He fell from the scaffold to the ground, landing on his face and shoulder and suffering broken bones. He was hospitalized.
2018-06-12	Flower Mound	Texas	HD Supply Facilities Maintenance, Ltd	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee said that he was not feeling well and fell to the floor, but did not lose consciousness. The employee was hospitalized for a possible heat-related illness.
2018-06-04	Flower Mound	Texas	Wayfair/Flower Mound	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
Two temporary employees were involved in an altercation and one employee was cut in the rib area by a knife.
2018-06-04	Flower Mound	Texas	Staff Force, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
Two temporary employees engaged in an altercation and one employee sustained a stab wound to the chest.
2018-05-14	Flower Mound	Texas	Facility Solutions Group, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was preparing to spool a bucket truck line with an electric winch when the employee's right thumb was caught and smashed in the winch.
2018-04-12	Flower Mound	Texas	Fashion Glass and Mirror	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was installing glass on ground level when wind blew a door from its hinges on the second floor. The door struck the employee, who suffered broken neck vertebrae.
2017-08-17	Flower Mound	Texas	KROGER STORE #585	Face	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped over a floor mat in front of an ice machine and injured her face.
2017-07-28	Flower Mound	Texas	C & C Directional Boring, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
On July 27, 2017, an employee had been welding on steel casing outside. The employee felt sick/nauseous and went home. On July 28, 2017, the employee tried to work but felt nauseated and sick by 2:00 p.m. and went to the hospital for heat exhaustion.
2017-06-04	Flower Mound	Texas	Salems Carriers	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee slipped and fell off a step while climbing into the cab of a truck, suffering a broken hip.
2016-08-24	Flower Mound	Texas	HD Supply Facilities Maintenance, Ltd.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was walking to his work station when he lost consciousness possibly due to heat stress and fell face first onto the concrete warehouse floor. He suffered pain to his nose and lost two front teeth.
2015-08-04	Flower Mound	Texas	Kehe Distributors	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was using powered industrial equipment (picker) to retrieve products from a rack. He was struck by another powered picker machine and his foot got caught between that picker and the rack. He sustained a laceration on the bottom of his big toe and second toe, and his big toe broke. He was hospitalized.
2015-06-16	Flower Mound	Texas	Kehe Distributors	Nonclassifiable	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee stepped off of a forklift and entered the freezer where he slipped on condensation that had accumulated on the floor causing him to fall backwards.
2015-06-10	Flower Mound	Texas	Kehe Distributors	Nonclassifiable	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a double pallet jack and wanted to move it in reverse. He put the pallet jack in the forward gear instead of reverse and became pinned between the pallet jack and a spur.