Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-18 | Mineral Ridge | Oh | L.B. FOSTER COMPANY | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
A temporary employee was operating a bar drill. His hand was pinched between a table and a metal bar on the exit side of the drill. He suffered a crushed finger. | |||||
2021-01-19 | Mineral Wells | Tx | Innovex Downhole Solutions | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a drill press when their glove got caught in the drill, resulting in an amputation of the left pinky finger. | |||||
2020-03-18 | Mineral Wells | Texas | Ventamatic | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a brake press machine and amputated their right middle, ring, and pinky fingertips. | |||||
2019-08-13 | Mineral Wells | Texas | Primoris T&D West | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a truck and sustained back pain. | |||||
2019-06-03 | Mineral Wells | West Virgini | System One Holdings LLC | Heart | Walking, without other incident-single episode |
A pipeline inspector was walking up a hill when he started having pain in his chest and shoulder. The employee was hospitalized for a potential heart issue. | |||||
2019-05-30 | Mineral Wells | Texas | CANTEX, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a reaming/beveling machine when his right index finger was caught in the clamp of the machine. The fingertip was amputated and was reattached at the emergency room. | |||||
2018-03-20 | Mineral Wells | West Virgini | Pactiv, LLC | Upper arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was cutting sheet to attach to an extrusion winder when the employee's left hand was pulled and flipped by the winder, fracturing the employee's upper left arm. | |||||
2017-02-12 | Mineral | California | U.S. Department of the Interior - National Park Service (NPS) - Lassen Volcanic National Park | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
A volunteer was skiing and fell approximately 20 feet off the edge of the mountain suffering a head injury and several crushed bones. | |||||
2016-08-02 | Mineral Wells | West Virgini | Kokosing Construction Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
On August 2, 2016, at approximately 5:15 p.m., an employee who had been welding pile splices and performing pile-driving work began to feel ill and lost consciousness. The employee was hospitalized for heat-related illness. | |||||
2016-05-06 | Mineral Wells | Texas | PecoFacet | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was welding on a yoke and while un-chocking the yoke it rolled and fell off the table. The yoke hit the floor and rolled over again hitting the employee's left leg and pinning him up against the welding screen. A yoke is part of the closure on a large vessel. They are about 60 inches in diameter. They are in two pieces so the part that fell was only half of the yoke. The part of the yoke that fell weighs 1,320 pounds. Both bones in his left leg were broken at the ankle and a bone in | |||||
2016-04-26 | Mineral Wells | Texas | PECOFacet Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was cutting metal when the outer steel fell, amputating the third finger on his right hand. | |||||
2015-09-16 | Mineral Wells | Texas | Hanson Brick | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee pinched his left index finger while operating the strap machine. | |||||
2015-06-24 | Mineral Wells | Texas | Peco Facet | Nonclassifiable | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was pulling a plate with a come-a-long inside a pipe vessel. A forklift was used as an anchor and stopping point for the vessel. The plate became lodged in the vessel and the next time the employee pulled, the vessel moved and struck the employee on the right side of his body. | |||||
2015-02-21 | Mineral Wells | Texas | Hanson Brick East LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee's finger was crushed by the t-pusher of the monorail system during maintenance. |