| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-05 | Galena | Il | GIESE ROOFING CO. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| On November 5, 2021, an employee was on a roof, taking measurements of a seam roof panel. The employee slipped on moisture and fell to the dirt ground about 20 feet below, suffering a broken left heel, a broken right shin, and three broken vertebrae. | |||||
| 2021-09-27 | Galena Park | Tx | World Energy Biox Biofuels | Multiple face locations | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was on top of a tanker trailer, trying to vent the truck for loading. When the employee released the camlock fitting, the cap blew off and struck the employee in the face. The employee suffered a broken nose, a fractured orbit, and a laceration to the cheek. | |||||
| 2021-08-21 | Galena Park | Tx | Southeast Texas Industry Services | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was preparing a skid for transportation. The handrails had been removed, and the employee was tying them down, when a rope broke. The employee fell backward to the ground about 6 feet below, suffering broken ribs. | |||||
| 2021-06-15 | Galena | Mo | WIDEL, INC. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was standing on the side of a trailer, helping load a pile hammer onto the trailer. A cable from the crane disconnected and the pile hammer landed on the employee. The employee suffered a broken right tibia and fibula. | |||||
| 2021-06-03 | Galena Park | Tx | SOUTHEAST TEXAS INDUSTRIES, INC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was removing a bolt from a window covering when the window came down, crushing their left pinky finger and resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-06-02 | Galena Park | Tx | Platinum Stevedoring, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on water vehicle |
| An employee was walking above a hatch when he fell into the hatch approximately 25 feet to the ground below, resulting in back injuries. | |||||
| 2021-05-15 | Galena Park | Tx | American Plant Food Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing the silo so product would flow freely and suffered the amputation of two fingers. | |||||
| 2020-08-24 | Galena Park | Tx | Littlefield Brothers Concrete Construction | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was waiting for rebar to be unloaded from a trailer. Straps broke and rebar struck the employee in the head. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury. | |||||
| 2019-08-05 | Galena Park | Texas | United States Gypsum Co. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Two employees were removing a motor from an overhead bracket and turned to lower it to the floor. As they were lowering it, one of the employees had his left middle finger caught and crushed between the motor and a 12-inch chute. The employee sustained amputation of the distal phalanx. | |||||
| 2019-04-08 | Galena Park | Texas | Platinum Stevedoring, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was offloading a 55-gallon steel trash can drum into a larger 30-yard roll-off trash container. He was rolling the drum inside the container, on its edge, when it shifted quickly and pinched his right thumb against the container, causing a deep laceration. He was hospitalized for surgery to repair a tendon and nerve in the tip of his thumb. | |||||
| 2019-03-17 | Galena Park | Texas | Kinder Morgan Splitter | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was about to flip a breaker when he suffered a burn to his right hand. | |||||
| 2018-09-14 | Galena Park | Texas | Platinum Stevedoring, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was walking on the top of the back of his semi trailer (flatbed) where he just finished securing a load when he tripped on the top surface of the flatbed trailer and fell to the concrete slab he was parked on (fall distance height of 3.5'). He fractured his right scapula, right clavicle, and one to four right-side ribs, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-09-24 | Galena | Ohio | Berkshire Lake Campgrounds | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| On September 24, 2017, an employee fell from a skid steer to the ground, suffering a broken hip and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-09-20 | Galena Park | Texas | American Plant Food Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to clear dust from around a rotary valve when his right index finger entered the valve and was amputated above the first knuckle. The rotary valve plug was removed at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2017-09-19 | Galena Park | Texas | Cooper/Ports America, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee was operating a yard tractor when he turned sharply and made abrupt contact with some bundles of pipe. The yard tractor was picked up by the momentum and then slammed down, shaking the employee in the process. He suffered head lacerations and a broken vertebra, requiring hospitalization. PPE was worn at the time. | |||||
| 2017-06-08 | Galena | Ohio | Rockford Homes | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was touching up paint on a fireplace located inside a new home when his extension ladder slipped out from under him. He fell approximately 18 feet to the floor, possibly breaking his leg and hip. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-05-23 | Galena Park | Texas | Kinder Morgan | Foot (feet) | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c. |
| An employee was part of a team preparing to unload parts from a truck using a crane. The employee was removing traffic cones from the storage area on the crane when the crane operator lowered the outriggers and struck the employee's left foot, breaking five bones. | |||||
| 2017-01-27 | Galena | Kansas | Kemlee Manufacturing Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| An employee was walking in the work area, tripped and fell breaking the left hip. | |||||
| 2015-07-15 | Galena Park | Texas | Texmark Chemical | Hand(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| The employee was using a hand drill at the shop drilling holes on a 2 inch piece of pipe. The electric drill bound up or jerked while he was holding it. The employee fractured his right hand. | |||||
| 2015-01-06 | Galena | Illinois | Lemfco, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| On or about January 6, 2015, an employee was injured while attempting to remove a part that was stuck in the door of the Wheelabrator machine. Once the part was released from the door, the door shut on the employee's finger and amputated the tip of his left index finger. | |||||