| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-10 | Mcallen | Tx | Zarsky Lumber Co. | Ankle(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| An employee was driving a forklift when it went over a curb and flipped on its side. The employee suffered a broken ankle and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-01-04 | Mcallen | Tx | US Customs and Border Patrol Station | Knee(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting a tree when the chainsaw kicked back resulting in a deep laceration to the knee. The injury required surgery. | |||||
| 2020-10-10 | Mcallen | Tx | Brinker International, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was in the dish area when the dish washing machine stopped working. He opened the machine to investigate and the track caught his right middle finger at the mid-point of the nailbed and partially amputated it. | |||||
| 2020-07-25 | Mcallen | Texas | Regal Beloit America, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was loading a coil on a press using a forklift with a boom, hook, and chain. The employee was struck on the right side by a forklift and fell to the ground. His right foot was pinned under the forklift resulting in amputation of the right leg just below the knee. | |||||
| 2020-05-27 | Mcallen | Texas | Palmer Steel Supplies Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was helping to move a piece of angle iron when it fell on his left index finger, resulting in a partial finger amputation. | |||||
| 2020-03-10 | Mcallen | Texas | The Rios Group | Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
| An employee took off his hard hat, struck another employee in the face with it (breaking his nose in two places), and beat the second employee | |||||
| 2019-05-03 | Mcallen | Texas | Regal Beloit America, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating the rotor die casting machine and amputated the medial phalange of his right pinky finger in the V block drawer. | |||||
| 2018-08-01 | Mcallen | Texas | Department of Homeland Security | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was performing maneuvers and felt faint. The employee was hospitalized for heat stroke. | |||||
| 2018-06-21 | Mcallen | Texas | Badafi Foods LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was about to clean okra cutting blades and sustained an amputation to the right middle and ring fingers. | |||||
| 2018-06-01 | Mcallen | Texas | Grand Rapids Foam Technologies, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was loading a baler to compress scape foam for disposal when his left arm was pinched/crushed between the bailer door and the bailer ram. | |||||
| 2018-04-25 | Mcallen | Texas | McAllen Medical Center | Eye(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| The injured employee was conducting housekeeping operations and struck his upper left eye lid on a file holder. | |||||
| 2018-03-24 | Mcallen | Texas | AIM Media TX, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a stacker to stock papers when his hand contacted a gear and belt, resulting in a partial finger amputation. The stacker was unguarded at the time. | |||||
| 2018-03-14 | Mcallen | Texas | Cinch Connectivity Solutions | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was inserting a part into a manufacturing machine when the employee's left index finger was pinched and amputated by the machine's plunger. | |||||
| 2018-01-17 | Mcallen | Texas | Strong Structural Steel, LTD. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| While welding on a beam that was approximately 20 feet high, an employee fell to the ground, fracturing an arm and hip. | |||||
| 2017-10-06 | Mcallen | Texas | United Parcel Service, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee suffered heat stress and body cramping after finishing his work shift. | |||||
| 2017-07-21 | Mcallen | Texas | Cinch Connectors, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee amputated the left index finger while operating a punch press. | |||||
| 2017-07-11 | Mcallen | Texas | HCA Inc | Pelvis | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped over a cord while taking a blood pressure reading on a patient, falling to the ground and suffering a broken pelvis. | |||||
| 2017-07-05 | Mcallen | Texas | N.J. Malin & Associates, LLC | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was replacing forklift cylinder seals on the outer main lift cylinder. The employee raised the mast channels to separate the cylinder from the mast. The jack failed and the employee's right hand was caught between the cylinder and the forklift mast resulting in a crushing injury to his right hand. | |||||
| 2017-06-08 | Mcallen | Texas | Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was restocking boxes in a storage trailer when he became dizzy. He was hospitalized for dehydration. | |||||
| 2017-05-11 | Mcallen | Texas | Dept of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection | Nonclassifiable | Bites and stings |
| An employee was on foot patrol along the US border and was bitten by an unknown insect resulting in redness and swelling. | |||||
| 2017-02-26 | Mcallen | Texas | Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was on foot patrol and suffered a heat related injury/illness. | |||||
| 2016-10-05 | Mcallen | Texas | CSA Construciton Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was taking down cement forms when their pinky finger was smashed by rebar material. | |||||
| 2016-09-23 | Mcallen | Texas | International Paper | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
| While performing regular maintenance, an employee was bitten by a brown recluse spider. | |||||
| 2016-09-21 | Mcallen | Texas | Statewide Roofing, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee began experiencing dizziness, nausea, and cramping after returning to the office from a roofing jobsite. The employee was hospitalized for heat stress. | |||||
| 2016-09-07 | Mcallen | Texas | TLC Total Lawn Care LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was hospitalized after experiencing heat stress symptoms while adding mulch to an area. | |||||
| 2016-07-11 | Mcallen | Texas | Eagle Masonry | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was climbing down the scaffold ladder and fell. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs and a spinal cord injury. | |||||
| 2016-05-25 | Mcallen | Texas | U.P.S. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| While delivering packages, an employee began to feel ill and experienced cramping throughout his body. He was hospitalized for dehydration. | |||||
| 2016-01-26 | Mcallen | Texas | H-E-B Grocery Company, LP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was trimming brisket on the boneless meat saw when his hand slipped into the blade, partially amputating his right index finger and lacerating his right middle finger. | |||||
| 2015-11-12 | Mcallen | Texas | DILLARD'S, INC. | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee fell and broke the left ankle. | |||||
| 2015-11-11 | Mcallen | Texas | Cinch Connectivity Solutions, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was leaning over the CNC machine to see how the part was cutting. The door to the machine was open and the spin spindles were spraying oil onto the floor. The employee slipped on the oil and his knee hit the rail of the door. When he put his hands in front of his face, the pick-off tool on the CNC machine lacerated the right middle finger. | |||||
| 2015-09-25 | Mcallen | Texas | Magic Valley Fresh Frozen, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was cleaning the okra cutter and amputated the tip of the left thumb. | |||||
| 2015-09-09 | Mcallen | Texas | Regal Beloit Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee attempted to correct a misaligned end shield on a press he was using for trimming. The press cycled, cutting his left hand and fracturing three fingers. | |||||
| 2015-09-07 | Mcallen | Texas | VALLEY SOUTH TEXAS INTERIORS, INC. | Head | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| On September 7, 2015, at about 04:00 PM, an employee fell from a 4- to 5-foot scaffold while cutting an aluminum structure beam with a chain saw. The saw kicked back, causing the employee to lose his balance and fall to the concrete floor. He sustained a head laceration and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-08-19 | Mcallen | Texas | Department of Homeland Security | BODY SYSTEMS | Running, without other incident-repetitive or prolonged |
| On 8/19/2015, an employee was working out in the morning as part of the unit's training exercise. The employee experienced nausea and vomiting, almost fainted, and was hospitalized with a muscle injury. | |||||
| 2015-05-11 | Mcallen | Texas | MCALLEN MEDICAL CENTER | Arm(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was walking toward the medication room when her foot got stuck on the floor, causing her to lose her balance. She fell forward and injured head and face on the doorway. She also fractured her left arm. | |||||
| 2015-04-19 | Mcallen | Texas | Dept of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection | Nonclassifiable | Water vehicle incident |
| Two border patrol agents were involved in a boat accident while chasing drug runners. | |||||