Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-06-23 | Maryneal | Texas | The Reinforcing Company | Ankle(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was spotting for a forklift operator moving rebar to reinforce steel. The load became stuck on the ground, causing it to fall off the forks of the forklift and onto the employee's right leg. The employee suffered a fractured ankle, requiring surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2020-05-13 | Maryneal | Texas | Cholla Petroleum, Inc. | Head | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was tightening a nut on a polished rod's 2-bolt clamp on a horse head while standing on a well head cap 2 feet off ground when the employee slipped and fell back, hitting a concrete block. The employee suffered a head contusion. |