Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-29 | Port Lavaca | Tx | BOLIN ENTERPRISES, INC. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was using a pressure washer to clean the inside of a fertilizer tank containing ammonium polyphosphate solution when the pressurized steam punctured his left big toe, resulting in infection and hospitalization. | |||||
2021-07-18 | Port Lavaca | Tx | Mike Hooks | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was reconnecting an 80-foot pipe. The pipe pinched the employee's right ring finger, causing the amputation of the finger. | |||||
2020-08-27 | Port Lavaca | Tx | Moreman Community Gin Association | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was trying to remove a small piece of burning cotton from a cotton gin machine. The machine's saw amputated his finger. | |||||
2020-08-12 | Port Lavaca | Tx | Orion Marine Construction, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was loosening bolts with a wrench. The wrench slipped and cut the employee's fingertip. | |||||
2020-07-29 | Port Lavaca | Texas | Brand Safeway | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing a scaffold ladder on a metal wall. When the ladder slid off, the employee fell and was impacted by the ladder, sustaining a broken left arm requiring surgery. | |||||
2019-07-25 | Port Lavaca | Texas | E. F. Erwin, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Fall to lower level |
An employee was aligning an elevator inside a tower when the employee fell from a height and suffered a head injury, broken pelvis, and broken back. | |||||
2018-07-02 | Port Lavaca | Texas | JRD Contractors LLC | Hand(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was carrying buckets of hot tar to perform roofing activities when he tripped and lost his balance. The hot tar contacted his body, causing third degree burns to both of his hands. | |||||
2016-01-30 | Port Lavaca | Texas | Bob White Energy Services | Nonclassifiable | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was attempting to pump water into a natural gas line. After he was given the "all clear" sign by the pipeline supervisor, he opened a water valve and was instantly struck and injured by pressurized water. The gas line was not de-energized at the time. | |||||
2015-10-26 | Port Lavaca | Texas | Energy Services South LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was shocked when the trackhoe he was loading onto a trailer made contact with power lines. |