| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-08 | Seguin | Tx | Vitesco Technologies | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee on a fixed ladder platform tried to remove the top tote from a stack when they fell from the ladder to the ground, resulting in a broken ankle. | |||||
| 2021-06-30 | Seguin | Tx | Caterpillar Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was using an overhead grid crane when their right middle finger was pinched between the engine head assembly and the transport rack resulting in amputation of the fingertip just below the nail bed. | |||||
| 2021-03-31 | Seguin | Tx | Vitesco Technologies | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A temporary employee had just transferred trash and recyclables into a metal trash bin and tried to push the bin into the arms of a trash compactor. The employee pushed the start button and held it down to raise the bin and empty the trash into the compactor, but when the compactor was at its furthest point, he noticed that trash was dangling down. He had reached into the bin to pull out the trash when the bin slid the rest of the way down the compactor arms and caught his fingers against the co | |||||
| 2021-02-22 | Seguin | Tx | Seguin Fabricators, Ltd. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was cutting a metal angle with a band saw. The angle snagged on the blade and smashed the employee's right ring fingertip against the saw's backstop. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-08-08 | Seguin | Tx | Caterpillar Inc. | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was adjusting a misaligned pallet on a conveyor system. The pallet return lift station rose up and pinched the employee's forearms against the frame of the machine. She suffered bruises and contusions on both forearms. | |||||
| 2020-05-04 | Seguin | Texas | Central States Manufacturing- Texas Division | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was holding a piece of trim to be bent in a trim folding machine. The machine actuated and the employee's left hand was caught under the clamping beam. The employee's fourth and fifth fingertips were amputated. | |||||
| 2020-03-03 | Seguin | Texas | Commercial Metals Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee was entering the cab of a forklift. While shutting the door the employee's left middle finger was pinched between the door and the door jam resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2020-02-26 | Seguin | Texas | HEB Seguin #716 | Foot (feet) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was unloading a trailer with a pallet jack when she tripped over an empty pallet and fell. Her left foot was struck by the pallet jack wheel resulting in fractures. | |||||
| 2019-09-19 | Seguin | Texas | Cavco Homes | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting off floor decking with a circular saw. The saw kicked back and cut into the joint of his left index finger. | |||||
| 2019-09-12 | Seguin | Texas | Grimsley-Tucker Inc. | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| Two employees were changing an expansion valve on an outdoor chiller unit. One employee was using a canister torch to sweat the piping and valve while the other was pulling on the pipe with a pair of pliers. When the connection came loose, excess fluid inside of the valve was ignited by the torch and splashed onto the employee with the torch. The employee suffered second-degree burns from the right side of the face down to the right side of the waist. | |||||
| 2019-08-25 | Seguin | Texas | Explore USA RV Supercenter | Brain | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| An employee fell off an electric scooter and hit his head on a concrete apron, suffering a severe head injury, cut to the left eye, and loss of consciousness. | |||||
| 2019-08-19 | Seguin | Texas | Loves Travel Stops | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was helping a customer with a propane tank when he inhaled propane, suffering respiratory irritation. | |||||
| 2019-05-07 | Seguin | Texas | Cavco Industries, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating the cabinet hinge press to attach doors to cabinets. The employee's left hand got caught between the cabinets and the machine which resulted in the amputation of a fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-02-28 | Seguin | Texas | Berridge Manufacturing Company | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was running a sheet metal panel forming machine. The employee's right glove was pulled into the urethane feed-in rollers and crushed. | |||||
| 2019-02-01 | Seguin | Texas | Jordan Foster Construction, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| While unloading a fork attachment for a front-end loader, an employee's finger became caught between a fork and the fork plate resulting in a partial amputation to the right middle finger. | |||||
| 2018-08-27 | Seguin | Texas | FCA LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee's hand touched the paddle blades on a blower motor, amputating the nail and distal phalanx of the right, index, middle, and ring fingers. | |||||
| 2018-08-14 | Seguin | Texas | Red Rock Recycling | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee suffered four finger amputations while prying a forklift fork while a dock plate was positioned on the forks. | |||||
| 2018-03-26 | Seguin | Texas | VIP Staffing | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating an L-panel machine when his hand was caught and crushed between the rollers. | |||||
| 2017-09-26 | Seguin | Texas | Tyson Foods Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was standing on a feather deck platform checking the feather meal when a coworker opened the wrong feather cooker door. The heat from the open door caused second and third degree burns to the employee's right arm, face, and back. | |||||
| 2017-09-15 | Seguin | Texas | Horizontal Rentals Inc | Wrist(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was putting a tire on a vehicle when the jack slipped and struck his left wrist, causing six fractures. | |||||
| 2017-02-14 | Seguin | Texas | Caterpillar Inc. | Jaw, chin | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was performing a leak check on an engine cart by introducing air into the cart and spraying to check for leaks. He noticed leaking around the cap. He unlogged the cap, which had a latch on it. When he leaned in to get to the second latch, the pressure pushed the cap off. The cap hit him on the chin, fracturing his jaw and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-01-05 | Seguin | Texas | Sullivan Contracting Services, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| On January 5, 2017, at approximately 10:20 AM, employees were moving a small safe in order to renovate the floor and wall behind the safe. They attempted to lift the safe one corner at a time to place a shim under each corner. While they were placing a shim under a corner, the safe slipped off the pry bar and caught the injured employee's left-hand index finger, crushing it to the middle knuckle. The finger had to be amputated. | |||||
| 2016-08-04 | Seguin | Texas | Lane Construction Co., Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was leaving a mobile tool trailer when the door broke and caught his right index and middle fingers, amputating his fingertips. | |||||
| 2016-07-20 | Seguin | Texas | Berridge Manufacturing Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to remove jammed material from a corrugated roll former machine. His glove was drawn into the rollers, causing a degloving injury to his right thumb between the fingernail and the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2016-07-11 | Seguin | Texas | Twin Eagle Transport, LLC. | Multiple face locations | Injured by handheld object or equipment |
| While working on a truck, an employee was struck in the face by a pry bar, suffering a laceration to the left cheek and eye. | |||||
| 2016-05-10 | Seguin | Texas | Berridge Manufacturing Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning roll former dies when his rag became caught in the moving dies. His left hand was then pulled into the dies, amputating his middle finger to the second knuckle. | |||||
| 2016-03-22 | Seguin | Texas | MK1 Construction Services, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was pouring cement from a truck when he noticed a hard piece of cement on the conveyor belt. When he attempted to remove the cement, the belt lacerated and broke several of his right-hand fingers. | |||||
| 2015-11-11 | Seguin | Texas | NELSON LEWIS INC. | Face | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was working on a crew, installing and pressure-testing PVC lines for a sewage line. The PVC pipe struck the employee's face, causing severe damage. | |||||
| 2015-07-14 | Seguin | Texas | CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was cleaning the floor around a machine when an unsecured piece of plexiglass (36 in by 36 in) fell about 36 inches from a ledge and landed on the employee's right thumb. The finger was amputated and required 28 stitches to repair. | |||||
| 2015-06-11 | Seguin | Texas | Commercial Metals Company | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c. |
| An employee was moving a steel pipe with a bobcat. The employee shook the bobcat bucket to dislodge the pipe and began to drive away. The pipe was not dislodged and it began swinging and struck another employee in the lower left leg, breaking the leg and resulting in an in-patient hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-05-13 | Guin | Alabama | Southern Energy Homes, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was feeding material into a Dado saw when the left and middle ring fingers were amputated. | |||||
| 2015-02-10 | Seguin | Texas | Tank Partners | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee's left pinky was amputated after his hand was caught between a roller and a tank. | |||||