Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-07-19 | Hockley | Texas | Strike, LLC | Forearm(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was using a sandblasting gun on a pipeline. The gun hit his right arm and the sandblast media caused an open wound on the forearm. | |||||
2018-02-20 | Hockley | Texas | RME Concrete Pumpers, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
While surveying a construction site, an employee tripped over a wooden stake and fell to the ground, breaking the left hip. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-08-16 | Hockley | Texas | Schulte Building Systems, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a panel line machine. When he attempted to clean dirt off a panel of sheet metal, his fingers were caught in the rollers of the machine, crushing bones in his left middle and ring fingers. His middle and ring fingertips had to be surgically amputated. | |||||
2016-07-11 | Hockley | Texas | Best Redi Mix Holding Co. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was standing on a slump stand about to add water to a tank when the slump stand collapsed and the employee fell approximately 8 feet to the ground, suffering a dislocated shoulder and laceration. | |||||
2016-07-05 | Hockley | Texas | GBW Railcar Services | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was helping to load a metal part when his right hand was caught between a chain sling and the load, amputating his middle fingertip. | |||||
2015-10-30 | Hockley | Texas | GBW Railcar Services | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
The injured employee was working atop a hopper car, replacing running board bolts. He was wearing a harness and lanyard, but was not secured to the car. At the same time, a second Team Member (TM) was preparing to utilize the overhead crane. Before operating the crane, this second TM reviewed the permit that was attached to the crane control showing the injured employee to be working atop said hopper car. He went to the car the employee was reported to be working on, and did not see him. He then |