| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-17 | Hereford | Tx | Caviness Beef Packers Ltd. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a chain line when his right hand was pinched by the chain, resulting in a fracture. | |||||
| 2021-09-09 | Hereford | Tx | Caviness Beef Packers, LTD | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| While pushing hindquarters through a band saw, an employee's left index fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-08-23 | Hereford | Tx | Caviness Beef Packers, LTD | Thigh(s) | Struck by animal |
| An employee was about to use a captive bolt gun to stun a bull that was down in a cattle pen. The bull got up and knocked the employee to the ground; the stun gun went off and struck the employee in the left thigh. The employee suffered a broken femur. | |||||
| 2021-08-21 | Hereford | Tx | Hereford Ethanol Partners LP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was trying to break up products that were clogged in the rotary valve of a grain bin dust collector. The collector partially amputated two fingers on the employee's left hand, up to the second knuckle. | |||||
| 2021-08-17 | Hereford | Tx | Caviness Beef Packers, LTD | Lower leg(s) | Gored or rammed by animal |
| An employee was driving cattle in a pen corral. The employee climbed up a pen rail to keep from being rammed by an aggressive cow. The cow's horns caught his boot and pulled him to the ground inside the pen. He suffered fractures to the left tibia and fibula, as well as an injured left shoulder. | |||||
| 2021-04-17 | Hereford | Az | U.S. Forest Service,Coronado NF-Sierra Vista RD | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee developed heat stress and a muscle injury resulting in hospitalization. | |||||
| 2021-03-04 | Hereford | Tx | Merrick Pet Care | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was unclogging an auger and sustained the amputation of his left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-06-19 | Hereford | Texas | Caviness Beef Packers | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was skinning and pushing meat with their hands when the meat skinner amputated the employee's left pinky finger. A hook was not used at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2020-03-24 | Hereford | Texas | TEJAS INDUSTRIES, LTD | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a blockage in a sausage machine. A blade in the machine amputated the top of the employee's left index finger. | |||||
| 2019-05-22 | Hereford | Texas | Gayland Ward Seed | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee slipped and fell while climbing a caged ladder. The employee struck the cage and landed on the floor, suffering fractures. | |||||
| 2019-04-27 | Hereford | Texas | Caviness Beef Packers | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was lifting an animal carcass while tightening a chain and pushing buttons on the controls at the same time. His finger was amputated in the chain. | |||||
| 2018-08-16 | Hereford | Texas | Gayland Ward Seed Company | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee moved a belt that controls a rotating auger to clear a clog. When the clog cleared, the auger started up, pulling the employee's right hand into the auger and lacerating it. | |||||
| 2018-07-27 | Hereford | Texas | The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was trying to grind corn using a table grinder. The grinder's jar came off; while the employee tried to reconnect it to the base, the grinder lacerated her right middle and ring fingers. The grinder was running at the time. | |||||
| 2018-05-25 | Hereford | Texas | North Star Dairy, LLC | Brain | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
| An employee was crossing from one side of a work site to another side in a work gator when he was struck by a pickup truck. The employee was hospitalized for a head injury requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2018-05-17 | Hereford | Texas | County Services Inc | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| A pallet fell and pinned the employee's right index finger between the pallet and the rack resulting in amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-05-14 | Hereford | Colorado | Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking in his working area when he slipped on mud and fell, injuring his leg. | |||||
| 2017-07-06 | Hereford | Texas | Tejas Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was picking up cans beneath a machine at about 1:45 a.m. when the employee's left hand came in contact with a gear chain, amputating the left middle fingertip to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2017-06-03 | Hereford | Texas | Caviness Beef Packers, LTD | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee was shocked with 480 volts of electricity on the left index finger while trying to activate a pump in the pump house, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-02-11 | Hereford | Texas | Caviness Beef Packers | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was pulling a cow head off a slide when another head slid down and amputated the employee's left middle finger. | |||||
| 2017-02-01 | Hereford | Colorado | Ultra Energy Services, LLC | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was digging a hole in the ground using a high pressure vacuum truck while standing on the edge of the hole. As he was digging, his foot slipped under the stream causing an injection wound to his left foot that resulted in the amputation of a toe on the left foot. | |||||
| 2016-08-09 | Hereford | Texas | Green Plains Hereford, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was manually turning a drive belt when their thumb was caught between the roller and the belt resulting in a partial amputation of the right thumb. | |||||
| 2016-02-06 | Hereford | Texas | Caviness Beef Packers | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working on a skinner machine and amputated the whole middle finger on the left hand. | |||||
| 2015-10-01 | Hereford | Texas | White Energy | Foot (feet) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was washing down sodium hydroxide that was leaking off a pump. During the washing process, caustic material soaked into the employee's steel toe boots through the laces, causing second and third degree burns to the tops of the employee's feet. | |||||
| 2015-09-12 | Hereford | Texas | Cattle Town Feeders, Ltd. | Hip(s) | Struck by animal, n.e.c. |
| At approximately 1030 hrs. on 12 September 2015 an employee suffered a broken hip when a bovine he was processing pushed the employee into a cattle gate. The employee was admitted to the hospital for his injuries. | |||||
| 2015-06-15 | Hereford | Texas | Caviness Beef Packers | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee lost a fingertip in a stationary bone saw blade. | |||||
| 2015-06-05 | Hereford | Texas | CAVINESS BEEF PACKERS, LTD. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee's left pinky finger was amputated while operating the omasum saw in the menudo room. | |||||
| 2015-05-27 | Hereford | Texas | EDF Renewable Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was operating a fastener tool. While checking the tightness of bolts, he lost balance and pinched his right hand pinky finger between the fastener tool and the wall. Employee suffered an open fracture of the right hand pinky finger and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-01-29 | Hereford | Texas | Caviness Beef Packers Ltd. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| Employee was cleaning out a pre-breaker feed and reached into a rotating auger to remove debris. The auger caught his right index finger. This caused a laceration and an amputation to the tip of his right index finger's first knuckle. | |||||
| 2015-01-24 | Hereford | Pennsylvania | U.S. Postal Service | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee fell while unloading equipment from her vehicle. The employee went to put the cart in the upward position after coming in from outside. Her feet were wet and she fell back and broke her hip. | |||||