Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-06-04 | Killeen | Tx | Brieth Electric LLC | Thigh(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was moving about 12 sheets of drywall, stacked against a wall in a hallway. The drywall became and unstable and fell on the employee's left leg, breaking the femur. | |||||
2020-10-14 | Killeen | Tx | Mac Pizza Management, Inc. | Face | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was robbed while delivering pizza. He tripped and fell while running away, and his face was injured where it struck the ground. | |||||
2019-08-15 | Killeen | Texas | Foxsworth Galbraith Lumber Company | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was operating a table saw to cut lumber for doors being manufactured. The saw amputated his right index and ring fingertips. | |||||
2019-01-10 | Killeen | Texas | Martin Marietta | Lower leg(s) | Trip over self without fall |
An employee was washing his cement truck when his right foot slipped, causing his ankle to roll and resulting in a fractured right fibula and tibia above the ankle. | |||||
2018-06-26 | Killeen | Texas | Bartlett Electric Cooperative, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was connecting a new transformer while in a bucket truck. The pole was a three phase tangent with a single phase tap. The employee's arm contacted the bottom of the cut out fuse serving the single phase line. The line fuse blew on contact, and the employee suffered burns to the arms and back that required hospitalization. | |||||
2018-02-28 | Killeen | Texas | Kloeckner Metals | Multiple body parts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was standing beside a tractor trailer when the 960-pound steel bundle that was being unload fell and struck the employee, breaking the left tibia and fibula and the right occipital bone. | |||||
2017-07-19 | Killeen | Texas | Killeen Glass & Mirror | Wrist(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was cutting a piece of glass when the glass fell and lacerated his wrist. | |||||
2016-04-05 | Killeen | Texas | Walmart Stores Texas, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was cleaning the oven. She sprayed degreaser and then put the oven in the self-cleaning cycle. When she opened the oven, she was exposed to the fumes inside and experienced lung irritation, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-08-12 | Killeen | Texas | Century Link | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
The employee stood on a pallet to look over a privacy fence. The pallet shifted and he fell off landing on his back and suffering a fracture in the lumbar region. | |||||
2015-02-04 | Killeen | Texas | ROCKEY'S MOVING & STORAGE | Brain | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
Employee was lifted up on the forks of a forklift and fell 14 feet to the ground below striking his head. Employee was hospitalized. |