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.
2020-04-20FriendswoodTexasD&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.
2019-05-22FriendswoodTexasLeslie'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.
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.
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.
2016-04-04FriendswoodTexasFriendswood 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.