Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-17	Grand Prairie	Tx	Ole Mexican Foods, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was trying to remove left-over dough from a machine and amputated his right ring fingertip.
2021-11-16	Grand Prairie	Tx	PENSKE LOGISTICS LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Vehicle or machinery fire
An employee was using a fire extinguisher to put out a smoldering fire on a truck tailgate. The employee inhaled some of the smoke and fire extinguisher powder, suffered respiratory distress, and was hospitalized.
2021-11-03	Grand Prairie	Tx	K&N Engineering Inc	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking to retrieve a mop when he slipped and fell, resulting in a fractured left leg.
2021-10-04	Grand Prairie	Tx	Laticrete International Inc	Foot (feet)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
A forklift operator stepped off a forklift as it was stopping. When he tried to step back onto it, it struck and injured his foot.
2021-07-23	Grand Prairie	Tx	Poly-America, L.P.	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on some plastic banding and fell, suffering a head injury.
2021-07-20	Grand Prairie	Tx	RaceTrac Petroleum, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was driving a forklift in the parking lot and went over a metal grate that caused him to fall out of the forklift. His left foot was run over by the forklift and injured.
2021-06-29	Grand Prairie	Tx	Thompson Pipe Group Pressure	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was pushing pipes and his finger got caught in the pipes resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-06-17	Grand Prairie	Tx	East Fork Services LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was removing a small section of existing vertical steel attached to an overhead doorway. After almost cutting the steel all the way through with a power tool, the employee began to manually move it with his hand. When the steel came loose, it fell and caught his left index finger between the falling piece of steel and another piece of steel below, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-06-16	Grand Prairie	Tx	K&N Engineering Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a hydraulic punch press. The press amputated the employee's finger.
2021-05-18	Grand Prairie	Tx	MSI Express, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
A temporary employee was on a ladder adjusting the volumetric filler on top of a horizontal form, fill, and seal machine. As she was making adjustments to the brush mechanism, it amputated her left middle and index fingers. The machine was energized at the time of the incident.
2021-04-16	Grand Prairie	Tx	O'Neal Steel, LLC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on top of a flatbed truck. The employee slipped and fell to the ground, suffering a broken wrist, eye socket, and ribs.
2021-02-09	Grand Prairie	Tx	Fruit of the Earth	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee opened an access door to adjust the tension on a belt for a bag sealer machine. During that task, the access door strut failed and he attempted to tighten the door strut bolt with a wrench. The employee's hand slipped from the wrench and the tip of his right ring finger came into contact with the belt gears located just below the door strut, resulting in an open fracture and amputation.
2021-02-02	Grand Prairie	Tx	Fresh Express Incorporated	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was unloading a trailer with cardboard pallets when the pallets fell on top of him, resulting in shoulder and neck injuries.
2021-01-29	Grand Prairie	Tx	Pollock Investments	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing a jam at the jumbo printer slotter machine when their right index finger was caught by the kicker spring (metal bar) and the feed table resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-01-20	Grand Prairie	Tx	Poly-America, L.P.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was stacking plastic bags and staging them to lift off a transfer table. When the employee lifted a stack of bags, her right pinky finger was pinched by a transfer belt, resulting in a partial amputation of her fingertip (without bone loss).
2020-10-05	Grand Prairie	Tx	North Texas Contracting Inc	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
While climbing down a ladder, an employee slipped off the ladder and fractured an ankle.
2020-09-30	Grand Prairie	Tx	BFC Solutions	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was loading filter media into a pleating machine when her right hand became caught between pleaters, causing contusions and lacerations.
2020-09-22	Grand Prairie	Tx	BMC Millwork	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was struck by a forklift moving in reverse. His leg was caught between the forklift and a stack of doors on a pallet resulting in fractures to the left tibia and ankle.
2020-08-25	Grand Prairie	Tx	Penske Logistics	Heart	Nonclassifiable
An employee that had been driving a forklift suffered a heart attack.
2020-08-12	Grand Prairie	Tx	Redi-Mix Concrete LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was attaching an extension chute to the back of a concrete mixer truck. The employee's left index finger was partially amputated in a pinch point between the chute and the truck.
2020-06-29	Grand Prairie	Texas	Siemens	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a brake press to bend a part when the employee's right thumb was pinched, resulting in a thumb tip amputation.
2020-06-17	Grand Prairie	Texas	US Census Bureau	Pelvis	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking to her car to put some supplies in it when she tripped over a concrete parking block and fell forward, fracturing her pelvis in two places.
2020-06-02	Grand Prairie	Texas	Coolsys	Ankle(s)	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment
An employee fell from a fixed ladder when it became unattached from the building, suffering a broken ankle.
2020-05-05	Grand Prairie	Texas	Logistics Insight Corp.	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was going down a set of stairs when he stumbled on the bottom few steps and lost his balance. After taking a couple of steps to regain his balance on level ground, he bumped into another employee and fell to the ground on his left hip. He was hospitalized with a fracture to the left femur at the hip joint.
2020-05-04	Grand Prairie	Texas	Ole Mexican Foods	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was lubricating a chain and sprocket during preventive maintenance when the employee's hand was caught in the chain and sprocket, resulting in a fractured right finger.
2020-02-26	Grand Prairie	Texas	Poly-America GP, LLC	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was feeding plastic into a plastic bag manufacturing machine. The machine pulled in her right hand, partially degloving the front and back of it. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2020-01-20	Grand Prairie	Texas	Penske Logistics	Nonclassifiable	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was operating a powered industrial truck (PIT) to unload a trailer when a second PIT turned and the pallet being carried struck the employee, lacerating his side.
2020-01-15	Grand Prairie	Texas	Mission Produce, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle
An employee hit a concrete wall while operating a standup forklift. The employee's left foot was crushed, resulting in a foot amputation.
2019-09-23	Grand Prairie	Texas	Allstate Storefront Systems, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was unloading job material from the bed of a company vehicle when his left thumb was pinched between steel and the bed of the truck, resulting in a partial amputation.
2019-09-19	Grand Prairie	Texas	Texas Automation Systems	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a cutter to cut ducting. The cutter amputated the employee's middle fingertip.
2019-09-09	Grand Prairie	Texas	Veronicas Meat Market, LTD	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting onions with a knife when it slipped and cut her left middle finger.
2019-08-01	Grand Prairie	Texas	Thompson Pipe Group	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was helping to hoist a pipe. The pipe swung and the employee's finger was caught between it and a beam. He suffered an amputation to the left middle finger.
2019-07-16	Grand Prairie	Texas	El Rancho Supermarket	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was adding lubrication to a tortilla machine when the machine caught her glove and amputated her right pinky fingertip. The machine was running at the time.
2019-06-27	Grand Prairie	Texas	Triumph Aerostructures, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
While walking in a downdraft paint booth, an employee tripped and fell on the steel grating covering the pit. The employee suffered broken ribs.
2019-05-16	Grand Prairie	Texas	Poly-America	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee suffered the amputation of the right middle fingertip while installing a chain over a drive gear sprocket on the ribbon blender.
2019-05-15	Grand Prairie	Texas	Sage International Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee's hand was crushed in a 32-ton press, amputating four fingertips.
2019-04-08	Grand Prairie	Texas	Bosworth Steel Erectors	Lumbar region	Struck by falling object or equipment
A partially assembled stair landing/post assembly was being hoisted when it shifted and the top of the landing rolled over. It hit an employee in the small of the back, on the left side, and knocked him down. He suffered a hematoma and was hospitalized.
2019-03-28	Grand Prairie	Texas	Forterra Pipe Precast, LLC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was using an overhead crane to set 12-by-10 box culvert. His left hand was caught between two structures, and the index finger and thumb were crushed and broken.
2019-02-22	Grand Prairie	Texas	AAA COOPER TRANSPORTATION	Knee(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was walking to his unit. As he went around a corner he was struck by a hostler truck resulting in a left knee injury.
2019-02-12	Grand Prairie	Texas	Global EHS/Bell Flight	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a wheel grinder and severely lacerated his thumb. The grinder was unguarded at the time.
2019-01-28	Grand Prairie	Texas	Oscar Orduno, Inc.	Brain	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was filling a tank with water and was struck by a pressurized water blast that knocked him to the ground. The employee hit his head on the pavement and sustained a concussion. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-01-16	Grand Prairie	Texas	Poly-America, LP	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was using a tabletop date code stamper to record information on cardboard packaging when his finger was caught between the stamper head and base of the stamper, resulting in a finger amputation. The plexiglass face had been removed from the stamp at the time of the incident.
2019-01-07	Grand Prairie	Texas	Fruit of the Earth	Fingertip(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was standing next to a building post when a tote, carried on a forklift, crushed his right ring finger. The tip was amputated.
2018-09-25	Grand Prairie	Texas	Prime, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell to the concrete floor while climbing down a flatbed trailer, suffering broken ribs.
2018-09-24	Grand Prairie	Texas	Neovia Logistics Services	Hand(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a stand-up truck. The employee's hand was smashed between the truck and a storage rack.
2018-08-21	Grand Prairie	Texas	Poly-America	Shoulder(s) and arm(s)	Vehicle or machinery fire
An employee was arriving at his workstation when a flash fire occurred inside a plastic scrap recycling machine. He suffered burns to his left arm and shoulder area, requiring hospitalization.
2018-07-18	Grand Prairie	Texas	United Staff Management Texas, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was on the back of a trash truck throwing trash when his body started cramping, requiring hospitalization for dehydration and heat stress.
2018-06-13	Grand Prairie	Texas	Standard Utility Construction, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was standing at the rear of a digger derrick truck loading it. The employee's finger was caught between a railing and a concrete pier as it was being loaded into the truck. The left index fingertip was amputated.
2018-06-08	Grand Prairie	Texas	STC Utility Services, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee suffered heat related illness including slurred speech and vomiting while driving back to the office after working all day. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-05-03	Grand Prairie	Texas	Fruit of the Earth	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to clear a jam on an elevator conveyor and caught their hand in the conveyor resulting in soft tissue damage.
2018-04-04	Grand Prairie	Texas	Logistics Insight Corportation	Head and trunk	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was pre-inspecting a powered industrial truck when he slipped on hydraulic fluid and fell to the floor, injuring his head, back, and hip.
2018-03-23	Grand Prairie	Texas	KE Industrial, LLC	Upper arm(s)	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was working within the cubicle of a primary switch when an energized buss (approximately 13,200 volts) arced and caused a flash fire. The flash fire burned his left arm between his shoulder and elbow.
2018-03-16	Grand Prairie	Texas	Thompson Pipe Group	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was operating a paint machine when the pistons became stuck, so he applied lubricant oil to make them come loose. He was cleaning near the piston by hand when the piston suddenly came loose and caught the his right index fingertip, amputating it.
2018-03-07	Grand Prairie	Texas	Airgas USA, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee had just loaded a truck with dry ice when the lift gate closed and pinched the employee's finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2018-02-09	Grand Prairie	Texas	Poly-America, LP	Leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
An employee was transporting a pallet of plastic with a forklift when a roll of plastic fell off. The employee stopped the forklift and was trying to stop the plastic from rolling away when his left leg was pinned between the roll of plastic and a metal post resulting in a fractured leg.
2018-02-06	Grand Prairie	Texas	AAA Cooper Transportation	Eye(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was checking inside a trailer to see what liquid had spilled and why. Paint stripper had spilled onto the doors of the trailer. The employee closed the door on the trailer and the paint stripper splashed into both eyes, requiring hospitalization.
2018-01-19	Grand Prairie	Texas	Office Depot Distribution Center	Leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a pallet jack, rounded a corner, and crashed into a guardrail. The employee's leg was pinned between the pallet jack and the guardrail, suffering trauma.
2018-01-13	Grand Prairie	Texas	Thompson Pipe Group, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was removing tape from a pipe in a machine when his hand was caught between the pipe and a roller. Skin was removed from his hand, and his thumb broke in two places, requiring hospitalization. The machine was unguarded at the time.
2017-10-04	Grand Prairie	Texas	BMC West, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting wood on a table saw when the sawblade amputated the employee's right ring and pinky fingers. The saw was unguarded at the time.
2017-09-21	Grand Prairie	Texas	LEE LEWIS CONSTRUCTION, INC.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was priming bolts in a stairwell while standing on a 6-foot step ladder. He had a paint can in one hand and a paint brush in the other hand. He fell as he was descending the step ladder, breaking two ribs and suffering a collapsed right lung. He was hospitalized.
2017-08-17	Grand Prairie	Texas	Poly-America LP	Arm(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was starting a plastic extrusion line when hot plastic burned his arm. PPE was not worn at the time of the incident.
2017-06-15	Grand Prairie	Texas	Prologistix	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was lifting and stacking cartons in a non-climate controlled warehouse. The employee felt a strain in a back muscle, and shortly thereafter experienced pain to the degree that he could not continue work. He was hospitalized due to dehydration.
2017-06-14	Grand Prairie	Texas	JBI Electrical Systems, Inc.	Hand(s)	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was terminating an electrical panel. At the same time, a coworker located in a different part of the job site turned on a different panel that was wired incorrectly and energized the panel being terminated, causing a second degree burn to the employee's hand.
2017-06-08	Grand Prairie	Texas	The Boldt Company	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
An employee and a coworker were moving a headache rack when the coworker dropped his side. The employee's finger was then caught between the headache rack and the C channel, amputating the right ring fingertip.
2017-05-22	Grand Prairie	Texas	CoLinx	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was building a gear box when the gears amputated his left middle finger.
2017-05-16	Grand Prairie	Texas	Superior Relocation	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was attempting to attach a chain to forklift forks when the forklift crushed his right hand.
2017-05-02	Grand Prairie	Texas	SAIA Freight	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was unloading equipment from the back of the trailer when the equipment slipped and fell onto his left foot resulting in the amputation of a toe.
2017-03-20	Grand Prairie	Texas	Can-Fer Utility Services, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was working out of a bucket truck when an arc flash occurred and the employee was burned.
2017-03-02	Grand Prairie	Texas	Logistics Insight	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was driving a tugger back to the loading area. When the employee turned a corner the train he was pulling jack-knifed. A forklift driver was straightening the tugger. As the employee was opening the pintle hitch, the forklift driver was lifting the cart and pinched the employee's left index finger resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
2017-02-10	Grand Prairie	Texas	PJ Food Service	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level
An employee was emptying trash into an outside dumpster. He climbed a ladder to stomp down the trash. While he was getting back onto the ladder from the dumpster, he lost his footing and fell to the ground below, injuring his back and head.
2017-01-30	Grand Prairie	Texas	The Holbrook Company	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level
An employee was operating a truck and fell while descending the ladder backwards (i.e., while facing away from the ladder) sustaining face and back injuries.
2016-10-18	Grand Prairie	Texas	Stripe-A-Zone	Face	Fire
An employee was attempting to open a gas cover/cap when a flash fire occurred and burned the employee's face.
2016-10-12	Grand Prairie	Texas	Poly-America	Fingertip(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was cleaning up granules that spilled onto the floor from a vent hole at the resin transfer system and amputated the left index fingertip.
2016-09-13	Grand Prairie	Texas	Poly-America, L.P.	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a date stamper on boxes when her left index finger was caught in the date stamper mechanism, amputating her fingertip.
2016-09-02	Grand Prairie	Texas	Prologistix	Foot (feet)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
A temporary employee was operating a powered pallet jack and caught his left foot between the powered pallet jack and a pole resulting in a compound fracture.
2016-08-26	Grand Prairie	Texas	Poly-America, L.P.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was starting up a bagging machine and suffered a fingertip amputation.
2016-08-19	Grand Prairie	Texas	Kelly McKnight Wrecker Service, Inc.	Multiple trunk locations	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee was loading an excavator onto a trailer when the excavator slipped, trapping the employee between the rail of the trailer and the excavator track. The employee suffered a broken pelvis and an abdominal wall hernia.
2016-08-12	Grand Prairie	Texas	MARIO SINACOLA & SONS EXCAVATING, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Entangled in other object or equipment
An employee was signaling a backhoe while doing excavation. His hand was holding onto a chain that was attached to a trench box and the backhoe. He signaled the backhoe, which moved the trench box. When the weight shifted, the employee's hand was pinched by the chain, avulsing and fracturing his left ring finger.
2016-08-10	Grand Prairie	Texas	American Steel & Aluminum Co., Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was using a choker chain and hoist to lift material and relocate it. The hook slipped and pinched his left ring fingertip, amputating the fingertip.
2016-07-21	Grand Prairie	Texas	Carlstar Group	Forehead	Struck against object or equipment
An employee was counting inventory and lacerated his forehead on an aluminum wheel.
2016-07-20	Grand Prairie	Texas	AAA Cooper Transporation	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was delivering merchandise to a customer and while on the lift gate he slipped and fell to the ground injuring his spleen.
2016-07-15	Grand Prairie	Texas	Forterra Pipe and Precast	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a straight cut machine and amputated the right index fingertip.
2016-06-23	Grand Prairie	Texas	Siemans	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee's pinky finger was crushed between a table and a machine.
2016-06-14	Grand Prairie	Texas	Poly-America, L.P.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was emptying a box of scrap plastic onto a sorting table and suffered a broken little finger when trying to prevent plastic from sliding off the table.
2016-05-06	Grand Prairie	Texas	POLY-AMERICA	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was repairing a plastic bag winder and amputated the right pinky finger.
2016-04-06	Grand Prairie	Texas	Poly-America, LP	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was installing a small motor when the motor slipped out of his hands. The motor fell onto his hands and onto the ground. His left index finger was caught and amputated between the motor and the ground.
2016-03-09	Grand Prairie	Texas	Triumph Aero Structures	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a riveting machine to rivet a part. As she was removing the part, it became caught on the riveting detail for the pneumatic device. Her finger was then caught in the point of operation when the machine was activated by the foot pedal, partially amputating her right thumb.
2016-03-03	Grand Prairie	Texas	Logistics Insight	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee hyperextended their back while picking up a 38-pound box and was hospitalized.
2016-01-26	Grand Prairie	Texas	Forterra Pressure Pipe	Forearm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a pipe coating machine, ensuring that the product (steel pipe) was being carried through the machine as close together as possible. When he attempted to adjust a pipe, his shirt sleeve was caught between the pipe and a passive tire, pulling his right arm into the machine. His right forearm was fractured and had internal bleeding, requiring surgery. The machine was not guarded or locked out at the time of the incident.
2016-01-18	Grand Prairie	Texas	Poly-America, L.P.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was working on a lathe when his sleeve got caught in the rotating shaft. His left arm was pulled in and broken.
2016-01-14	Grand Prairie	Texas	CUSTOM BUILDING PRODUCTS	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
As an employee was exiting a forklift, her left foot was pinned between the forklift and a pole.
2015-12-03	Grand Prairie	Texas	Waste Partners Environmental, Inc.	Brain	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, roadway
An employee had just serviced a portable toilet and stepped on the passenger side of the truck. While the truck was moving, he fell off and injured his head.
2015-10-14	Grand Prairie	Texas	Surge Staffing LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was in training to use a metal stamp machine when his left hand got caught in the machine crushing the left ring finger.
2015-09-09	Grand Prairie	Texas	Lockheed Martin	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
While replacing a gasket in a vibration fixture, a maintenance employee's finger got caught in a pinch point when the fixture dropped 1.5 inches. His index finger was amputated.
2015-09-04	Grand Prairie	Texas	Charter HR	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving furniture using a box truck with a hydraulic lift gate on the back. As he and a coworker raised the lift gate, he got off the lift and grabbed the side of the rail. The coworker began to operate the lift again, which caught and amputated the employee's thumb.
2015-08-01	Grand Prairie	Texas	Poly-America Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was laying a culling table on its right side to access its underside. He tilted it towards himself by reaching across to the far side with his left hand and grasping the near side with his right hand. As he was laying it over, the top edge was approximately 6 inches from the floor when the table legs slipped. He lost control of the table, which fell and struck the floor. His fingertip got caught between the tabletop edge and floor and was amputated. He was hospitalized.
2015-07-23	Grand Prairie	Texas	Bell Helicopter	Upper and lower limb(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was retrieving a tool that fell into a chemical tank using a pole. The tool fell off the pole and back into the tank, splashing the chemical on the employee. The employee sustained first, second, and third degree burns on the hands, right knee, thigh, calf, and right foot, requiring hospitalization.
2015-06-19	Grand Prairie	Texas	Logistics Insight Corporation	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was walking in a designated walking area when she was struck by a forklift from behind.
2015-06-18	Grand Prairie	Texas	Freedom Graphic Systems, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee sustained an injury to the right hand after being exposed to a caught in hazard.
2015-05-22	Grand Prairie	Texas	Pitney Bowes Presort Services, Inc	Nonclassifiable	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was injured when working on a conveyor.