| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-08 | Lufkin | Tx | T&B Construction Services, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee became ill after completing outside welding work at 2:30 p.m. He was hospitalized at 9:30 p.m., suffering from dehydration. | |||||
| 2021-03-24 | Lufkin | Tx | Lufkin Gears - Baker Hughes | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| On 3/24/2021, at 11:30 AM, an employee was cutting a small piece of lumber on a table saw. The employee was removing the scrap piece when his left index finger contacted the moving blade and the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-03-20 | Lufkin | Tx | QG Printing II, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| At about 3:30 p.m. on March 20, 2021, employees were changing the lap on a signature on a printing press. An employee was checking to see that the lap was flush when his right index finger was caught under a plate. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-10-08 | Lufkin | Tx | Double R Brand Foods, LLC | Tooth (teeth) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| After unloading processed meats from several walk-in ovens, an employee entered a walk-in cooler. The employee passed out and fell face-first to the floor of the cooler. The employee sustained a dislocated jaw and several teeth were knocked out. | |||||
| 2020-03-23 | Lufkin | Texas | Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| During rig down, an employee was attempting to move a hose supported on a spreader bar. The hose came free from the spreader bar and swung into a machine, and the employee's left little finger was caught between the hose and the machine. The distal phalanx of the left pinky finger had to be medically amputated. | |||||
| 2019-04-23 | Lufkin | Texas | Double R Brand Foods LLC | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking on a concrete walkway when he slipped on wet concrete, fell, and hit the back of his head on the concrete ground. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-03-05 | Lufkin | Texas | Mast Lepley Storage Structures, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was on a ladder trying to remove a concrete form from a grain silo that was being built. The form shifted, causing the employee to fall to the ground about 8 feet below. His ankle was broken and he was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2018-08-15 | Lufkin | Texas | McCoy's Building Supply | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was unloading windows from the back of a flatbed truck. The employee fell from the truck, and windows landed on his right lower leg. He suffered broken bones requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2017-09-16 | Lufkin | Texas | Pilgrims Pride | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached |
| An employee was repairing the handle of a pallet jack. The spring in the handle was broken and as the employee started to disassemble the handle, the handle fell and caught his fingers between the frame and handle, amputating two fingertips on the left hand. | |||||
| 2016-08-02 | Lufkin | Texas | United States Post Office | Multiple body parts | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
| An employee had delivered mail to a mailbox at the front door of a home. As she turned away, two dogs appeared and attacked her, biting her head, right and left arms, and right and left legs. | |||||
| 2016-02-15 | Lufkin | Texas | QG Printing II Corp. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A employee was cleaning the sensing eye on the baler when the baler cycled and caught the employee's right middle fingertip resulting a partial fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2015-07-31 | Lufkin | Texas | Weisinger Electric Inc | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee was changing out a pole-mounted transformer. A wire that the employee touched was still energized by the overhead powerlines. The employee was shocked by 7200K volts, suffering electrical burns to both hands and memory loss and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-04-30 | Lufkin | Texas | U.S. Forest Service | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| Employees were removing downed trees blocking a roadway. A pickup truck got stuck in the mud. An employee used a dozer to remove the truck, which got wedged next to the tree. The employee used a chainsaw to cut the tree, and the tension caused the tree to snap and injure the employee. Three bones between the knee and left ankle broke. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-04-25 | Lufkin | Texas | USPS | Multiple body parts | Roadway collision-moving in same direction |
| An employee was delivering mail on a mail route. She was moving the postal truck to the next stop when she heard loud engines approaching her vehicle. The racing car was unable to stop before hitting the rear end of the postal vehicle. After impact, the postal vehicle traveled approximately 40 feet. The employee was hospitalized for broken ribs and a broken collar bone. | |||||