| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-31 | Navasota | Texas | Texas Pipe Works Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was removing a 6-foot pipe from a machine when his hand went between the machine turret and the pipe, smashing his right ring finger and resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2020-01-27 | Navasota | Texas | CForce Bottling Company LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was removing a stuck bottle from a conveyor. The conveyor caught his right index finger and amputated the tip. | |||||
| 2019-08-14 | Navasota | Texas | Ellwood Texas Forge Navasota | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| Two employees were rigging up a conveyor to slide it out and lift it up with a forklift; one employee was on the far side of the conveyor and the other was operating the forklift. The tines on the forklift hit the first employee's lower left leg, breaking it. | |||||
| 2018-06-06 | Navasota | Texas | C & M Machining LP | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was operating a CNC lathe as he polished a part. The part came off the spindle and struck the employee in the forehead and on the left shoulder. The employee sustained a laceration above the left eyebrow requiring stitches and a broken shoulder. | |||||
| 2017-07-26 | Navasota | Texas | Ellwood Texas Forge Navasota | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee set a 400-pound metal spindle on top of a metal table so that he could inspect it. The spindle then rolled off the table and hit his lower left leg, breaking it and requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2016-09-13 | Navasota | Texas | Schulte Roofing, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating the panel roll forming machine and was measuring a piece of panel that had to be cut. As he was running the piece through the machine, his left ring and middle fingers were amputated. | |||||
| 2015-11-04 | Navasota | Texas | National Oilwell Varco | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Employees were loading pipe into an inclined pipe rack that is used to move pipe into a machine. The pipe is set on the rack and rolls down to a pipe stop at the end of the rack that is supposed to slow the pipe down before it rolls into the machine. The pipe stop was in the down position when employees loaded the rack so the pipes rolled down too quickly. One employee tried to stop the pipe with his hand. His right pinky finger was caught between two pipes causing a partial amputation that requ | |||||
| 2015-09-30 | Navasota | Texas | NOV Grant Prideco | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee operating a lathe attempted to remove a shim located between the jaws of a chuck and pipe. While the employee was removing the shim, the kicker actuated, causing the pipe to move. The employee's finger became stuck between the pipe and the chuck jaws, amputating the right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-09-08 | Navasota | Texas | Grant Pridco | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was removing a sleeve that goes around a bar weighing approximately 50 to 100 pounds. The sleeve was secured with four bolts; three were partially removed and one was removed completely. As he turned the sleeve, his left ring finger got caught between the sleeve and bar, causing a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2015-05-15 | Navasota | Texas | Trinity Heads LLC | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
| On 5/18/2015, an employee was attempting to change fuses on a control panel for the blast (steel shot cleaning machine). An arc flash occurred and injured both of the employee's hands, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-02-24 | Navasota | Texas | NOV Grant Prideco | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| On 2/24/2015, at approximately 2:00 PM, an employee was injured while changing a tire on a large forklift in the forklift maintenance shop. A smaller forklift was being used to lift the tire into position. The employee was holding the tire in place when the smaller forklift ran over his leg. Incident resulted in broken bones in the lower right leg. Injured employee was taken to the hospital and received surgery at approximately 7:00 PM. | |||||