Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-25 | Fort Hood | Tx | Akima Support Operations | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was replacing a windshield wiper arm on an up-armored Humvee. The employee pulled on the wiper blade arm and it broke free, causing the employee to lose balance and fall 3 feet to the maintenance bay floor. He sustained a fractured right shoulder and bleeding in the head. | |||||
2020-05-21 | Fort Hood | Texas | TTG Utilities | Thigh(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting concrete form stakes out of 2"x6" lumber laying on a couple of sawhorses. There was a nail embedded in a 2"x6" that caused the saw to bounce when he cut into it. The saw bounced down onto his right leg, cutting his right inner thigh and requiring surgery. | |||||
2020-02-19 | Fort Hood | Texas | Defense Commissary Agency | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet |
An employee stepped up on the second step of a step ladder. Some screws/the connector had broken off the ladder, causing it to collapse. The employee fell to the floor, suffering a back injury. | |||||
2018-04-06 | Fort Hood | Texas | Rocky Mountain Communication Specialties, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was attempting to use a conduit seal-off tool to push a dart when the dart struck his left leg above the knee, breaking his femur. | |||||
2016-08-19 | Fort Hood | Texas | Responder Training Services | Nonclassifiable | Explosion, n.e.c. |
An artillery simulator blew up in an employee's face while the employee was conducting a platoon movement exercise. The employee was hospitalized with scars and blurred vision. | |||||
2016-02-17 | Fort Hood | Texas | BAE Systems Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was training soldiers on the new paladin military vehicle. The hatch for the driver's seat closed on his right hand, damaging his middle and index fingers requiring surgery. | |||||
2015-08-14 | Fort Hood | Texas | Defense Commissary Agency | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee's finger was lacerated while working with a saw. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-04-01 | Fort Hood | Texas | D&W PAINTING INC. | Elbow(s) and arms(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was painting the top of a doorframe while standing on stilts approximately 3 feet off of the ground. He turned to speak to another employee who had spoken to him; while doing so, he bumped his hard hat, causing him to slip and fall to the ground. He fractured his right arm and left elbow. He was hospitalized. |