Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-01 | Kingsville | Mo | STAHL SPECIALTY COMPANY | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
On September 1, 2021, an employee was using a forklift to empty hoppers. The employee inhaled dust and fumes from the molten metal and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-06-08 | Kingsville | Tx | Department of Homeland Security | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
At about 7:00 a.m. on June 8, 2021, a Border Patrol agent slipped while chasing a group of people and fell to the ground, breaking his left leg. | |||||
2021-05-22 | Kingsville | Tx | CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Kleberg | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
An employee was getting off an elevator that was not flush with the floor and tripped on the uneven surface and fell, sustaining a hip injury. | |||||
2020-10-19 | Kingsville | Tx | King Ranch, Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
Employees had shut down and locked out a cotton gin lint cleaner to clean it. An employee entered the lint cleaner and his glove was caught by the teeth of the cleaner. His glove was pulled off and the employee sustained a de-gloving injury to the top of the right hand. | |||||
2018-09-05 | Kingsville | Texas | Ramirez Welding, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Fire |
Three employees were cutting bolts off a man way using a grinder. Sparks from the grinder caused a flash fire and the employees were burned. Two employees were hospitalized. The third employee was treated and released. | |||||
2018-01-02 | Kingsville | Texas | HEB Grocery Company, LP | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee was about to exit a truck trailer onto a loading dock when the truck pulled forward, causing the employee to fall 4 to 5 feet into the loading dock well. The employee suffered right tibia, right fibula, and left heel fractures. | |||||
2017-07-21 | Kingsville | Texas | Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Patrol | Hand(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was operating an ATV. The ATV rolled over and the employee suffered a hand laceration. | |||||
2017-03-20 | Kingsville | Texas | SWZ Services Inc. | Tooth (teeth) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was walking the work site in preparation for land clearing. The employee tripped and landed face first onto a tree resulting in a cut lip and chipped teeth. | |||||
2017-03-06 | Kingsville | Texas | Tarantino Properties, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on the roof of an apartment building repairing a leak and fell off. The employee was hospitalized for broken ribs and a cracked bone in the lower back. | |||||
2016-05-23 | Kingsville | Texas | DeYoung Wildlife, Inc. | Leg(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
Two employees were driving an all-terrain vehicle to check on rain gauges when they entered a muddy area. As the first employee attempted to correct the wheels, the vehicle turned over. The first employee suffered a crushed left leg, while the second suffered fractured ribs and a broken pelvis. | |||||
2016-04-08 | Kingsville | Texas | Energy Transfer Partners | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was adding hydrogen peroxide to a chemical pot that exploded. The employee suffered two fractured left-hand fingers and chemical burns. | |||||
2016-03-23 | Kingsville | Texas | Regency IHS Therapy Consulting, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was opening/unfolding a wheelchair by pressing down on the sides of the seat when her finger went between the base and bracket of the wheelchair. When she pulled her finger out, her fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2016-02-02 | Kingsville | Missouri | STAHL SPECIALITY COMPANY | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was removing bolts from the bottom of a cylinder bottom core when the core fell and struck the employee. The employee sustained a compound fracture to the upper right arm and a fractured right thumb. | |||||
2015-11-30 | Kingsville | Texas | King Ranch Inc. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee stepped out onto the damp porch, slipped, and fell injuring her left knee. | |||||
2015-05-04 | Kingsville | Texas | S.S. SMITH & SONS MASONRY INC. | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was standing on a 6-foot scaffold lifting a board when he lost his footing, fell to the ground, and broke his arm. | |||||
2015-01-16 | Kingsville | Texas | Di-Trol Systems, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity |
Employee received an electric shock when he placed his wrench near an energized bolt on a conductor he was removing. | |||||
2015-01-04 | Kingsville | Missouri | STAHL SPECIALTY COMPANY | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
On or about January 4, 2015, an employee was injured while running a gas sample. The employee was dipping out a sample with a sample cup using tongs. When he put the cup in, the hot metal splashed on him, causing burns to the ring finger and little finger on his right hand. The employee was admitted to the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. |