Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-07-08 | Mathis | Texas | Wanzek Construction | Nonclassifiable | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was using a handheld hydraulic crimping tool. A hose failed and injected the employee's left flank with hydraulic fluid. | |||||
2019-06-18 | Mathis | Texas | Tri-County Warehouse & Mill, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was trying to place a gearbox/motor unit into place using a pry bar and his hands. The gearbox/motor unit was partially in place but did not sit all the way down. The employee tried to feel what was blocking the unit when the unit fell the rest of the way into place and pinched his left thumb, resulting in a thumb amputation at the nailbed. | |||||
2019-03-12 | Mathis | Texas | Wanzek Construction | Lower leg(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
Employees were conducting rigging operations and lifting a 350-pound lug when it swung unexpectedly and struck the injured employee in the lower left leg, fracturing it. | |||||
2015-09-24 | Mathis | Texas | Trican Well Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning out the air actuator. The employee called out to a second employee who did not hear him correctly and the second employee closed a valve amputating the employee's right middle finger above the finger nail. |