Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-05-26 | League City | Texas | HTRE2, LLC | Head and trunk | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was getting ready to use an oxy propane torch to cut some aluminum on or near empty 55-gallon drums that last contained tertiary-butyl alcohol. During lighting of the torch, vapors in a drum immediately adjacent to the torch exploded. The employee suffered second and third degree burns to the hands, face, chest, and stomach. | |||||
2020-05-14 | League City | Texas | Frontier Communications | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle |
An employee was operating a forklift when material wrapped around the employee's leg and forklift, resulting in a broken ankle/leg. | |||||
2020-04-16 | League City | Texas | Dean Lawther Limited | Leg(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving lumber when his leg was pinned between two bundles of lumber. He was hospitalized with a broken leg. | |||||
2019-04-29 | League City | Texas | MP TECHNOLOGIES | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely |
An employee was unhooking a trailer when the trailer started to roll. The employee placed a hammer in front of the wheels to stop it and the employee right index finger was pinched between the trailer and the hammer. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2018-07-06 | League City | Texas | Jacobs Engineering Group | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Two employees were lifting a valve into place. It slipped and one employee's finger was pinched, leading to a partial amputation of the left ring finger. | |||||
2018-04-27 | League City | Texas | Republic Services Inc. | Pelvis | Vehicle struck object or animal on side of roadway |
An employee was riding on the rear step of a residential refuse truck. When the truck made a left turn, his left hip hit a concrete pole, causing a stress fracture to the left side of his pelvis. | |||||
2017-09-26 | League City | Texas | Alabama Power Company | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was attending a scaffold class when he fell from the scaffold to the ground, sustaining head, shoulder, and back injuries. | |||||
2017-06-21 | League City | Texas | Mustang Cat Rental Store | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee was trying to dislodge a sliding fence when his left middle fingertip was caught and amputated between the roller and the top part of the fence. | |||||
2017-05-12 | League City | Texas | J.L. Floyd Services, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was working on an electrical box while on a ladder when he passed out, fell 4 feet from the ladder, and hit his head on the concrete. He suffered a head injury, broken clavicle, and two broken ribs. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2015-12-18 | League City | Texas | Winco Masonry | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee operating a 20 inch masonry saw to cut cinder block amputated his left thumb when the saw kicked back. | |||||
2015-08-07 | League City | Texas | Knight Hawk | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
The employee was cutting a sample valve using an unguarded grinder. There was a 6" blade installed on a 4" grinder. The employee cut his left index finger and shattered the bone. | |||||
2015-06-28 | League City | Texas | Bay Harbour United Methodist Church | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee missed a step and slipped on the stairs coming out of the sound booth. She sustained a compound fracture of her right fibula and crushed her right ankle. | |||||
2015-02-17 | League City | Texas | Kroger | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
The employee was cleaning a bathroom and mixed two chemicals resulting in struggled breathing and possible loss of consciousness for a short time. The employee admitted to a hospital. |