Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-07	Grapevine	Tx	Gamestop	Elbow(s)	Other jump to lower level
An employee was on a ladder putting up a poster on a glass front. The ladder started to slip. He jumped off, landed on his arm, and suffered a broken elbow.
2021-07-09	Grapevine	Tx	Worldwide Flight Services	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee raised a pallet with his forklift in order to record information written on the pallet. While he was recording the information, the pallet slipped off the forklift's tines and crushed his finger. The finger was amputated.
2021-05-27	Grapevine	Tx	Green Scaping Co	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a ladder sawing off a dead tree branch. The employee fell off the ladder onto the ground and suffered multiple broken ribs and a spinal column injury.
2021-05-06	Grapevine	Tx	Transport Corporation of America, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
At a delivery site, a driver stepped out of a truck and onto uneven ground/a pothole. The employee fell backward and sustained a fracture to the lower back and a dislocated finger.
2021-04-22	Grapevine	Tx	Camden Riverwalk Apartments	Brain	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was cleaning a pool with a leaf net. He tripped on pool furniture and fell, suffering a head contusion and a concussion.
2020-07-07	Grapevine	Texas	Longhorn Mechanical	Leg(s)	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was on an extension ladder when it broke. The employee fell to the ground and suffered a leg injury.
2020-06-24	Grapevine	Texas	FirstFleet, Inc	Upper arm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
A driver had been making a delivery and was walking back to the trailer. The driver tripped over a speed bump in the parking lot and fell to the ground sustaining a fractured right humerus requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2020-06-20	Grapevine	Texas	Great Wolf Lodge of Grapevine, LLC	Eye(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was installing a new damper actuator on an air handler unit. He was using a cordless impact driver while working from a step ladder. While driving a self-tapping screw into a bracket, the screw bound up in the bracket causing the bracket to spin. The bracket knocked off the employee’s prescription safety glasses and struck his right eye.
2020-06-17	Grapevine	Texas	Crestone Group, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was performing an operational test on a muffin depositor when his right ring fingertip was amputated.
2020-05-08	Grapevine	Texas	Baylor Scott & White Health	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a paper cutter. The cutter came down on the employee's left thumb, amputating the tip.
2019-03-01	Grapevine	Texas	Gaylord Hotels	Lumbar region	Fall on same level
An employee fell in a hallway, fracturing a vertebra in her lower back.
2019-01-18	Grapevine	Texas	Ahern Rentals	Arm(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was servicing a forklift at a jobsite and changing out the forks when he lost his balance after picking up the first fork. He stumbled and fell backwards to the ground, fracturing his right arm.
2019-01-15	Grapevine	Texas	Forward Air Solutions	Arm(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A temporary employee was pulling freight and scanning product when his arm went through a forklift mast to scan a carton. The mast closed on his arm, breaking it.
2018-07-03	Grapevine	Texas	Redi-Mix LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was attaching an extension chute onto his fold down chute on a concrete truck when his hand entered an area where the metal chutes came together. The chutes then pinched off his right index fingertip.
2018-06-20	Grapevine	Texas	PAVESTONE	Fingertip(s)	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was working on a concrete wall splitting production line. When he turned to discard waste into a hopper, he lost his footing on the raised platform and fell forward into the waste material in the bin. His right middle finger was pinched between the concrete waste in his hand and the concrete waste in the bin, and the tip was amputated.
2018-05-16	Grapevine	Texas	Game Stop	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was sweeping the warehouse floor. At the same time, a forklift driver was backing up in a designated lane and made a left turn. The operator was turned around looking as he reversed. The injured employee was in the operator's blind spot and was struck as the forklift turned, suffering two broken leg bones.
2018-05-15	Grapevine	Texas	Park Place Mercedes Benz Grapevine	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a ladder to the concrete below, landing on his back. He sustained a head laceration and fractured vertebrae in the back.
2018-05-09	Grapevine	Texas	DUNBAR ARMORED	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was standing on a truck lift gate while a forklift operator was removing a tub full of coin. The tub shifted and fell to the side, knocking the employee from the lift gate but trapping his ankle underneath the tub and causing him to hang off the gate for a few seconds. His right lower leg suffered a contusion.
2018-05-01	Grapevine	Texas	Flying Food Group, LLC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on a concrete floor while loading a sandwich rack, fracturing the left hip and requiring hospitalization.
2018-04-06	Grapevine	Texas	Archer Western Herzog	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was operating a grapple truck and loading 30-foot sections of railroad track at the storage yard. The end of the rail struck his abdomen and pinned him against the truck seat while he was attempting to load the rail on the truck. He suffered a traumatic hernia of the abdominal wall.
2018-03-27	Grapevine	Texas	Lonestar Forming	Lower leg(s)	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment
An employee climbed up a pilaster wall panel to hook up with the crane. The employee removed the she-bolt and the wall panel fell while the employee was hooked off to it. The employee suffered a broken right tibia and left shin laceration.
2018-01-08	Grapevine	Texas	Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was carrying a container of food product to the cooler when the employee tripped over a box that a vendor left on the floor. The employee fell and fractured the left patella.
2018-01-08	Grapevine	Texas	Wrico Stamping Co. of Texas	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a brake press to stamp parts when his left middle finger was caught between the punch and the part, causing a soft tissue amputation.
2017-09-26	Grapevine	Texas	Baylor Scott & White Health System	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee stumbled while walking down a hallway and fell, fracturing the right shoulder.
2017-05-10	Grapevine	Texas	Game Stop	Brain	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee opened the door to go outside and tripped over a water hose. She fell and struck her head, requiring hospitalization.
2017-03-08	Grapevine	Texas	RIGGINS-MORELAND ENGINEERING	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was pulling wire while working from an 8 foot A-frame ladder. The employee lost his balance and fell off the ladder breaking the right leg.
2017-01-03	Grapevine	Texas	L&L Pro Pac, Inc.	Eye(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was working on a wooden crate and using a pneumatic nail gun when a nail penetrated his right eye.
2016-10-06	Grapevine	Texas	J.F Jennings Glass Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting wood wedges with a skill saw on a boom lift when the saw jumped and cut the three middle fingers on his left hand. His middle finger was amputated from the bottom of the fingernail up.
2016-09-30	Grapevine	Texas	Eaton Corporation	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On 09/30/2016, at 7:00 PM, a shipping/receiving employee was preparing to shrink wrap a switchboard when she stepped over the shrink wrap placed between the film roll and the switchboard structure to start the turntable wrapper. While stepping over it, her right foot was caught on the film and she fell to the ground on her left side, fracturing her left hip.
2016-09-21	Grapevine	Texas	Labor Ready	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on a ladder when he lost his balance and fell, fracturing his leg.
2016-08-11	Grapevine	Texas	Pappas Restaurants Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
While repairing a grill exhaust fan, an employee suffered an amputation of the right index finger at the first joint and a fractured right middle finger at the first joint.
2016-05-13	Grapevine	Texas	SKYLINE FORMING	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was installing wooden forms on shoring when the brace slipped. His hand was caught between the forms, crushing his left middle finger.
2016-05-08	Grapevine	Texas	BFVT Motors Inc.	Arm(s)	Shooting by other person-intentional
An employee was working his regular overnight security job when a person attempted to break in to a vehicle. The employee stepped out of his vehicle and approached the suspect at which time the suspect shot the employee in the left arm. The employee was hospitalized and needed surgery.
2016-04-09	Grapevine	Texas	Baylor Scott & White Grapevine	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to other harmful substances
An employee was admitting a patient to the hospital when the employee had a severe reaction to cat dander on the patient's clothing.
2015-11-10	Grapevine	Texas	Accelerated Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee reversing a forklift from a trailer struck another employee that was walking by on the dock. The rear tire struck the injured employee's right foot, causing a severe laceration and near amputation of toes.
2015-09-14	Grapevine	Texas	N L Schutte Foundation Drilling, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
The employee was lowering some rebar into a 24" hole/cage. His left ring finger got caught between the cage and rebar amputating the fingertip.
2015-07-10	Grapevine	Texas	Fleet Pride	Arm(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was injured when aluminum siding he was pulling fell and severed a tendon in the right arm.
2015-04-02	Grapevine	Texas	LANDMARK STRUCTURES	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee working from a platform began descending a ladder while attached to a climbing assist device. The employee reached up to close a hatch above him to prevent an open space where two other employees were working. The employee bumped the hatch and it came down on his right thumb.
2015-02-03	Grapevine	Texas	Ceva Logistics	Foot (feet)	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
The employee started operating a forklift when the throttle became stuck. The employee then jumped from the forklift and got his foot pinned between the forklift and another piece of equipment.
2015-02-02	Grapevine	Texas	Hotel Laundry Five Star	Forearm(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
Employee was standing on an elevated rail with his back to laundry bags traveling on a conveyor system. A laundry bag struck the employee, knocking him into a commercial iron, which burned his left arm from his elbow to his hand.