DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2020-09-17Lake JacksonTxEvoqua Water TechnologiesBODY SYSTEMSInhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was loosening Allen bolts on a generator system when a seal failed on a line connected to the generator, exposing the employee to leaking chlorine dioxide.
2020-05-24Lake JacksonTexasAcademy Sports + OutdoorsFinger(s), fingernail(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was loading a gun safe into a customer's vehicle with three other employees. The employee was in the bed of the vehicle when the gun safe slid onto his left middle finger, causing it to be caught between the gun safe and the vehicle. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left middle finger.
2019-08-19Lake JacksonTexasLEM Construction Company, Inc. Fingertip(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was re-positioning a gasket between two steel pipes when a pipe shifted and the employee's left middle finger was caught between the pipes. His left middle finger was amputated at the end.
2019-05-21Lake JacksonTexasEdward JonesThigh(s)Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was exiting the office space via the rear door when a wind gust pushed a door mat up, causing her to trip on the mat and impact the ground. She fractured her left femur.
2019-05-17Lake JacksonTexasA-Line E.D.S. Inc.Arm(s)Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
The injured employee was rigging up a component of a very large transformer to remove it by lifting it off the main transformer body using an all terrain telescoping forklift. The employee was positioned on top of the transformer completing the rigging with lifting hooks when the forklift operator accidentally bumped the joystick causing the boom to drop and catch the injured employee's right arm between the boom and a metal beam. The employee suffered broken bones in the right arm.
2018-08-16Lake JacksonTexasCoastal Machine and MechanicalFinger(s), fingernail(s)Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee had changed a bearing on a fan (air handling unit) and was manually checking (rotating by hand) the tension of a drive belt he had reinstalled when his left hand was pulled between the motor and the drive belt pulley, resulting in a left ring finger amputation.
2018-02-10Lake JacksonTexasLC ElectricMultiple body partsDirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was working in a power room making temporary power connections on a 480V box when an arc flash occurred. The employee suffered second and third degree burns over 60% of his body.
2016-08-06Lake JacksonTexasWhataburger Restaurants LLCAnkle(s)Fall on same level due to tripping over self
An employee was taking orders at the drive-thru window when she tripped and fell to the tile floor, fracturing her right ankle.
2016-07-19Lake JacksonTexasWrap Masters InsulationBODY SYSTEMSIndirect exposure to electricity
The injured worker was on a scaffold measuring chilling water piping. The electrician turned on the water circulating pump that was hooked onto the chilling water piping. The junction box that the wiring was inside of shorted and the injured worker received an electrical shock.