DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-08-02FriendswoodTxSysco FoodsBODY SYSTEMSExposure to environmental heat
An employee developed heat exhaustion/dehydration while making food deliveries. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-07-03FriendswoodTxTotal Wine & MoreAnkle(s)Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was collecting hand baskets in a parking lot. A customer in a truck asked for one of the baskets. As the employee was handing one to him, the truck struck the employee and caused him to fall. He suffered a broken ankle.
2020-10-16FriendswoodTxWhataburger Restaurants LLCHip(s)Fall on same level due to tripping over self
After talking to a customer, an employee turned to walk away, tripped and fell to the ground, sustaining a fractured left hip.
2020-07-01FriendswoodTexasAndrade Concrete & Construction, Inc.Lower leg(s)Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was using a nail gun to frame the chimney area of a house when the gun shot a nail into his right lower leg. He was hospitalized and had surgery to remove the nail.
2020-05-20FriendshipMaineProck Marine CompanyLower leg(s)Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
A Prock Marine Company employee was helping a crew set up steel I-beams on a barge to move them to the dock with a crane. In the process, one of the I-beams fell, hitting the employee's leg and knocking the employee into the water. The employee suffered a broken lower left leg.
2020-04-20FriendswoodTexasD&L Electric CompanyWrist(s)Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was on an 8-foot A-frame ladder, cutting sheetrock to attach an electrical terminal box. His elbow hit the terminal box and he was thrown off balance, falling to the floor from about four rungs up. He suffered a dislocated right wrist and a cut from a metal bracelet he was wearing.
2019-07-07FriendswoodTexasKroger Texas, LP #744BODY SYSTEMSExposure to environmental heat
An employee was in the parking lot collecting carts and collapsed. She had been outside for approximately 15 minutes before collapsing. She was hospitalized for a heat induced seizure.
2019-06-13FriendNebraskaTuttle, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Nonclassifiable
An employee's left index finger was punctured and cauterized by a tungsten rod. The employee hospitalized for surgery.
2019-05-22FriendswoodTexasLeslie's Poolmart, Inc. Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was delivering pool supplies. The rope used to lift the roll-up door on the back of the truck got stuck. The employee attempted to use the powered lift gate to get the rope out by operating the lift gate and caught their left index finger between the lift gate and the truck. The finger was amputated.
2018-02-17FriendlyWest VirginiMPM Silicones LLCFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On February 17, 2018, an employee was injured while using a drill press. The drill press was set up with a paddle in lieu of a drill bit. While adjusting the speed of the press with his left hand, his right hand held a tachometer. With the paddle spinning, the shaft bent 90 degrees and contacted the employee's right ring finger, resulting in amputation.
2017-07-28FriendNebraskaFarmers Union Cooperative CompanyArm(s)Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee parked a pickup truck close to a bin and got out. He tripped on the foundation or something leaning against the bin and fell, breaking his arm.
2017-05-06FriendswoodTexasHEB Grocery Company, LPAnkle(s)Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was helping a customer load a purchased decorative windmill into the customer's vehicle when a metal windmill blade fell off of the windmill and lacerated the back of the employee's left ankle.
2017-03-09FriendNebraskaFarmers Union Cooperative CompanyUpper arm(s)Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was starting to fill a trailer with anhydrous ammonia. While grabbing the hose, he lost his footing and fell 46" off the platform and broke his left humerus.
2016-06-22FriendswoodTexasSearsFinger(s), fingernail(s)Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee missed the last step of an escalator and fell coming down it. She fractured her right ring and pinky fingers, requiring surgery.
2016-04-28FriendlyWest VirginiMPM Silicons LLCFingertip(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On April 28, 2016, at approximately 1:10 p.m., a maintenance employee was repairing a thin film evaporator machine. While he was removing the rotor assembly, his left middle finger was pinched between a nut and metal belt sheave, amputating his fingertip.
2016-04-04FriendswoodTexasFriendswood TRS, LLCThigh(s)Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee had been working on stripping and waxing the floor when the floor buffer machine made a loud noise. The employee bent over to make an adjustment to the machine and fell on the floor, fracturing the left leg.
2015-11-30FriendswoodTexasSteel Masters, L.P.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was using a Sumner roust-a-bout to lift an I Beam. The roust-a-bout lost balance and tipped over. The employee tried to stop the I-Beam from falling. The I-beam fell and landed on the employee's left pinky finger crushing it. The finger was amputated.
2015-05-19FriendswoodTexasKroger Store #744BODY SYSTEMSBodily conditions, n.e.c.
An employee had a seizure and fell to the floor, hitting and lacerating his head. He was hospitalized on May 19, 2015.
2015-03-08FriendlyWest VirginiMPM Silicones LLCBODY SYSTEMSExposure to other harmful substances
On March 8, 2015, at approximately 8:08 p.m., an employee disconnected a hose from a cylinder of allyl alcohol. He carried the hose to an area and began cleaning the hose with toluene when he experienced shortness of breath. An air evacuation was requested and the employee was air lifted to the hospital and hospitalized for chest pains.