Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-13	Longview	Tx	PRIMORIS T&D SERVICES, LLC.	BODY SYSTEMS	Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was securing a guy wire. Voltage from a 19,000-volt circuit traveled down the wire and shocked the employee, whose heart stopped. The employee was resuscitated and hospitalized.
2021-10-06	Longview	Tx	RHE HATCO INC.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was trying to unjam a press machine when his left glove became caught in the machine. The employee used his right hand to pull his left hand out, and both of his arms were caught in the machine resulting in amputation of both hands.
2021-08-22	Longview	Tx	LMMM Dallas #20, LTD	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting beef shanks with a saw. The sawblade amputated his right middle fingertip to the nail.
2021-08-12	Longview	Tx	Joy Global Longview Operations LLC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was using a hoist to place gears in a pallet box. After setting a gear down on the pallet, the employee unhooked the chain sling and was moving the gear into the box by hand; the gear slid toward him and pinched his right ring finger against the box causing an avulsion injury.
2021-08-10	Longview	Tx	Hiab USA	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level
An employee climbed a ladder to work on the boom of a crane. The employee was striking the boom with a pry bar when he fell off the ladder and struck the ladder on the way down, resulting in a skull fracture, ruptured ear drum, multiple rib fractures, and other scrapes and bruises.
2021-08-09	Longview	Tx	Eastman Chemical Co., Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was installing a pipe in a pipe rack using a mobile crane. The pipe moved and crushed the employee's left index finger. The fingertip was amputated.
2021-07-30	Longview	Tx	Partner Industrial, LP	Foot (feet)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was placing a barricade around a work area with an active hot water discharge that created steam and standing water. The employee stepped into a depression containing hot water, resulting in second degree burns to their foot.
2021-03-23	Longview	Tx	Doggett Machinery Services	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was trying to move a pallet with a roll cage on top of it. The roll cage moved slightly and pinched the tip of his thumb against the roll cage. The thumb tip was amputated.
2021-03-22	Longview	Tx	Turner Industries	Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Two employees were setting a metal pipe in place for installation on a metal rack. When one employee pushed on the pipe, the other employee's left index fingertip was pinched between the pipe flange and a conduit. The employee's left index fingertip was amputated.
2021-03-15	Longview	Tx	Legend Energy Services, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was dumping a mini dumpster, mounted on a forklift, into a large trash container. When the mini dumpster tipped, the employee's finger was caught between it and the forklift's forks. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
2021-03-09	Longview	Tx	Weld Worx, LLC	Trunk	Explosion, n.e.c.
At 1:27 p.m. on March 9, 2021, two employees were troubleshooting a welder that would not start. An explosion occurred on the welder that blew out the side of the gas tank. One of the employees suffered burns to the body and was hospitalized.
2021-02-23	Longview	Tx	Amaya Utility Inc.	Hand(s)	Indirect exposure to electricity
An employee was pulling cable while standing in front of a directional drilling machine when the machine struck an electrical pole riser. The electrical pole riser clamp had a power cord that contacted the drilling machine. The employee was shocked and sustained burns to the right hand.
2021-02-20	Longview	Tx	Good Shepherd Medical Center	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on ice in a parking lot, suffering a broken femur.
2021-01-30	Longview	Tx	Lowes Home Center LLC	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on top of a low-profile trailer helping a customer load material. The employee fell off the trailer and sustained a broken right tibia.
2021-01-28	Longview	Tx	ETR heat transfer service	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was assisting a forklift operator with unloading 10-inch and 4-inch pipes when the employee's ring and middle fingers were caught underneath a 4-inch pipe, resulting in a partial amputation of the tips of their ring and middle fingers.
2021-01-06	Longview	Tx	Thirteen-Two Hospitality, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was placing chicken into a shredder and amputated their right middle finger.
2020-09-17	Longview	Tx	Schlumberger Company	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was operating a forklift at a well site and was hospitalized for heat stress.
2020-09-09	Longview	Tx	CEFCO LLC	Heart	Exposure to traumatic or stressful event, n.e.c.
An employee had been dealing with a trespasser and had the police onsite. She also had a verbal altercation with a vendor. The employee then suffered cardiac distress.
2020-08-31	Longview	Tx	DG Distribution of Texas LLC	Ankle(s)	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
An employee was driving a motorized pallet jack. The jack struck a stopped maintenance cart, and the employee's left ankle was crushed.
2020-08-23	Longview	Tx	Railserve, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee had been helping to switching cars. The employee began to feel ill and was hospitalized with dehydration.
2020-08-14	Longview	Tx	Air Cybernetics Inc.	Ankle(s)	Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet
After working on an HVAC system on top of a warehouse office, an employee was descending a ladder when it started to slip. He then jumped down a couple of feet and dislocated his ankle.
2020-07-26	Longview	Texas	Norris Cylinder Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was troubleshooting limit switches using an electrical meter. One of the switches tripped and activated a magnet to retract, which caught his finger between the magnet and a switch bracket. His left pinky finger was partially amputated, below the first knuckle.
2020-07-21	Longview	Texas	Konecranes	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was stepping off a truck crane and fell from the ladder to the ground fracturing an ankle.
2020-07-15	Longview	Texas	Stream-Flo USA LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was throwing away scrap. In the scrap bin, the employee moved a mandrel hanger to an empty spot and his right little finger got caught against another mandrel resulting in amputation.
2020-07-01	Longview	Texas	Patriot Process Equipment Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was installing a 10-foot long pipe to a new separator. The pipe came loose and struck the employee's thumb against a support bracket. The thumb tip was medically amputated.
2020-05-15	Longview	Texas	Steel and Pipe Supply	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was adjusting a bundle of material that he had loaded on a trailer. He was using a crane to raise one end of the bundle (to slide a block under it) when the bundle slipped off the crane's chain and pinched his hand. His left index finger was amputated.
2020-03-30	Longview	Texas	Norris Cylinder Company	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
A forklift ran over an employee's right foot with its back tire. The foot was crushed.
2019-08-27	Longview	Texas	Trinity Tank Car	Jaw, chin	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was using an overhead crane with a hoist to lift steel band material when the lifting device experienced tension from the overhead crane and slipped from the steel band. The steel band then struck and fractured his chin.
2019-07-06	Longview	Texas	Genpak, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was helping start up an extruder, pulling the sheet over the mandrel for string-up. The sheet bunched up on the bar of the mandrel blade, and the blade amputated the employee's right middle fingertip.
2019-06-24	Longview	Texas	HydroChemPSC	Foot (feet)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee stepped into a hot water drain while cleaning, suffering second degree burns to the left foot.
2019-06-12	Longview	Texas	Wicker Construction Inc	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was inside a trench putting lube on a laid pipe when an iron pipe came loose from a backhoe and struck him, injuring his left side and left lung.
2019-05-17	Longview	Texas	Nucor Steel Longview, LLC	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was going to step up on an 11- to 12-inch rail to measure a piece of steel when he slipped off and fell, injuring his hip.
2019-04-21	Longview	Texas	Christus EMS	BODY SYSTEMS	Vehicle or machinery fire
An employee was assisting a vehicle that was on fire. When the employee was putting out the fire under the hood, the smoke came back towards his face. He was hospitalized due to smoke inhalation.
2019-03-21	Longview	Texas	Lebus International Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving a metal plate with a crane. The plate moved/shifted while the employee was guiding it to set it down on top of another plate. The employee's fingers were caught between the two plates causing an amputation injury to the left middle, ring and pinky fingers.
2019-02-28	Longview	Texas	Indevco Plastics LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee's finger was caught in a machine gear and amputated.
2018-09-24	Longview	Texas	RHE HATCO INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was trying to unclog a blowing machine when its rollers caught his right hand. He suffered injuries resulting in an amputation (of the right finger at the second knuckle) and hospitalization.
2018-08-28	Longview	Texas	Turner Industries	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was emptying trash cans when he approached a trash can that was behind the support bracing for an overhead crane. He stepped over the support bracing and his left foot was caught on the bracing. He then lost his balance and fell, fracturing his right hip.
2018-08-27	Longview	Texas	Global Vessel and Tank	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was placing caps on the tank openings. A forklift struck the tank and the employee fell about 20 feet to the ground below. The employee's fall protection was not attached to the anchorage point.
2018-08-01	Longview	Texas	Trinity Tank Car, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was welding a metal plate to the top of a stand. The plate fell onto his finger, injuring it, and he was hospitalized.
2018-05-31	Longview	Texas	Talon Tools & Testing, LP	Nonclassifiable	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was struck by a tool while performing hydrostatic testing on a work-over rig. The tool impaled the employee, who required hospitalization and surgery.
2018-05-19	Longview	Texas	Lowe's Home Centers, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
After working in the garden department, an employee experienced heat exhaustion and was hospitalized.
2018-05-18	Longview	Texas	Global Vessel & Tank, LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
During an unloading operation, an employee was struck by a separator after it was unstrapped from a trailer, suffering internal injuries and a fractured pelvis.
2018-04-27	Longview	Texas	Eastman Chemical Company, Texas Operations	Upper and lower limb(s)	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was making his rounds when he identified a level indication in the vessel that he was not sure was accurate. He then drained the sit glass and the material (mineral spirits polyethylene wax and ethaline gas) ignited a flash fire, burning his left palm, both forearms, and his left calf. He was hospitalized.
2018-03-22	Longview	Texas	Alpha Omega Recycling, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was introducing a new chemical (copper sulfate) into a 6,500 gallon tank of sodium hypochlorite when a chemical reaction occurred, exposing the employee to a gaseous reaction (chlorine gas). Respiratory protection was not worn at the time.
2018-03-17	Longview	Texas	Nucor Steel Longview, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was struck by an auxiliary chain that was used to hook up a ladle to an overhead bridge crane for transport.
2017-09-30	Longview	Texas	Norris Cylinders	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was troubleshooting a leaky blaster. He slipped on the oil and fell into the machine catching his right hand in the unguarded chain and sprocket resulting in a broken index and pinky finger and lacerations on the ring finger. The blaster was not locked out at the time.
2017-09-05	Longview	Texas	Southwestern Electric Power Company	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was changing the rope on a winch line when his left thumb was caught between the anchor on the drum and the frame, amputating the thumb tip.
2017-08-26	Longview	Washington	EGT LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was climbing a ladder to exit a cargo hold when she slipped and fell to the rest platform and handrail below, fracturing her right foot and ribs, puncturing her right lung, and lacerating her hip.
2017-08-23	Longview	Texas	HydroChem LLC	Lower leg(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was hydro-blasting a column when the pressure end of the nozzle contacted and lacerated the employee's lower leg.
2017-08-10	Longview	Texas	Dial Equities, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee tripped and fell while walking on the sidewalk, suffering a hip fracture.
2017-07-17	Longview	Texas	BEJ Roofing, LLC	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
An employee fell approximately 25 feet from a roof, suffering a broken back.
2017-06-16	Longview	Texas	AAON, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was expanding tubing using a 3/8-inch tubing expanding machine when a bearing bullet broke off in the tube. Pressurized air caused the broken bullet piece to eject and strike the employee's right hand, breaking his index finger.
2017-06-09	Longview	Texas	Bennett On-Site Services LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was moving a crane pad and amputated the right pinky finger at the first knuckle when it was caught in a pinch point between the outrigger and the cylinder.
2017-03-23	Longview	Texas	LeBus International	Elbow(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was using a crescent wrench to loosen a nut on the base of a lathe when the nut came loose and the wrench came off. The employee then lost his balance, fell backward to the concrete floor, and fractured his left elbow.
2017-03-03	Longview	Texas	Brinker International LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a blender and as he pushed cilantro into the blender he suffered the partial amputation of his right middle and index fingers.
2017-01-13	Longview	Texas	Eastman Chemical Company	Face	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was adjusting a needle valve on the flow indicating rotameter. The needle valve disengaged from the rotameter and caustic solution was sprayed in the employee's face. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.
2017-01-09	Longview	Texas	Steel and Pipe Supply	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was unloading a truck when the employee's left middle fingertip was pinched and amputated between two steel beams.
2016-08-25	Longview	Texas	American Electric Power Company, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was outside training on a Meggar and started sweating profusely. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration.
2016-05-01	Longview	Texas	Lowes Home Centers, LLC	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was walking in an aisle and was struck by a passing forklift resulting in injury to the right foot.
2016-03-24	Longview	Texas	United Parcel Services, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against object or equipment while moving it
The injured employee was lifting an oversized package that weighed approximately 98 lbs. with another employee. When the employee lowered the package his finger was severed by a piece of metal on the package.
2016-02-19	Longview	Texas	Transport Service Company	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on a pile of rebar laying on the ground, injuring the hip.
2016-01-25	Longview	Texas	SDS Petroleum Consultants, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to retrieve part numbers from a compressor's fan belts to do maintenance on the machine. When the employee manually advanced the belts to better see the numbers, the compressor started up unexpectedly and caught his fingers in the pulley and belt. His left index, middle, and ring fingers were partially amputated. The compressor was not locked out at the time of the incident.
2016-01-13	Longview	Texas	DFW Movers & Erectors, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was unbolting screws that secured a steel flange to a collar support at the end of a hydraulic cylinder. After a coworker separated the collar from the flange using a pry bar, the 200- to 300-pound flange fell and crushed the employee's little finger.
2015-12-08	Longview	Texas	Cassity Jones Lumbar Company	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was struck by a passing vehicle while he was unloading merchandise. Both of the employee's lower legs were fractured.
2015-09-25	Longview	Texas	Trinity Tank Car, Inc.	Brain	Fall, slip, trip
An employee exposed to fall hazards sustained head injuries.
2015-09-09	Longview	Texas	Kroger	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting a watermelon with a knife when the watermelon rolled and caused the knife to slip. The employee's right middle finger was amputated.
2015-09-08	Longview	Texas	East Texas Radiator	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was punching holes in a quarter-inch angle iron when the die broke and shattered. A chip of the die impaled the employee's chest.
2015-08-13	Longview	Texas	Eastman Chemical Co., Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Nonclassifiable
An employee was cleaning an electrical component in a de-energized substation. Another crew was providing power to an electrical pump motor. The alternate power was from another substation and energy source. A closed switched allowed the electricity to flow back to where the injured employee was working.
2015-07-23	Longview	Texas	TRINITY TANK CAR, INC.	Jaw, chin	Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee attempted to remove a railcar rubber chock that was stuck beneath the wheel. The employee was going to pull the railcar forward to pull it into the rubber chock. Once it hit the chock, the railcar would roll back, dislodging it. The metal handle of the chock kicked back and struck him on his chin, fracturing his jaw.
2015-07-20	Longview	Texas	Longview Asphalt	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was performing troubleshooting activities, trying to free a traverse chain. The employee attempted to turn the traverse motor, which drives the chain/conveyor, on and off. The traverse motor jumped 2 feet and impacted the employee's hand.
2015-06-10	Longview	Texas	Smurfit Kappa	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was performing normal maintenance on a gluer machine, when the employee slipped and came into contact with the gluer machine resulting in a finger amputation.
2015-03-10	Longview	Texas	Texas Eastman Chemical Company	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level
An employee fell and fractured her ankle while walking in the parking lot. She was hospitalized and had surgery.
2015-01-22	Longview	Texas	Nabors Completion and Production Services Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Employee was using a 10 lb. sledge hammer to tighten a hammer union. The employee missed and caught his right index finger between the handle of the hammer and a valve handle.
2015-01-22	Longview	Texas	Snubco USA LLC	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
The employee was in a snubbing basket. Upon exiting, the employee slid down the emergency fire pole, lost his grip, and fell.