Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-04-24 | Leander | Texas | H.L. Chapman Pipeline Construction, Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other jump to lower level |
An employee was operating a trench machine when he took the cap off a radiator and was sprayed by hot anti-freeze. He received burns to the left thigh and left arm and fractured his ankle when he jumped off the machine. | |||||
2020-04-07 | Leander | Texas | Builders First Source | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee had been installing door and inside trim at a location. The employee was cutting lumber with a chop saw and amputated his left middle and index fingers. | |||||
2020-03-05 | Leander | Texas | Angel Brothers Enterprises, LTD. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Employees were trying to move a roadside traffic arrow sign onto a lowboy trailer. One employee's finger was pinched between the sign's hitch and the trailer frame. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the left middle fingertip. | |||||
2018-04-25 | Leander | Texas | Truss Erection Services, Inc. | Elbow(s) and arms(s) | Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system |
An employee was installing metal trusses when he fell approximately 15 feet before he was caught by his harness' fall protection system. He landed on his feet and then fell to the ground, breaking an arm and elbow. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-09-13 | Leander | Texas | Latin Framing LLC. | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
While framing an apartment complex under construction, an employee fell approximately 22 feet to the ground and sustained a fractured skull, broken back, sprained arm and contusions. | |||||
2017-07-14 | Leander | Texas | Randall Electric | Wrist(s) and arm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell off a ladder while installing electrical wiring, suffering a broken arm and wrist and a facial laceration. | |||||
2016-07-03 | Leander | Texas | H.E.B. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped in the freezer and fell, breaking her hip. |