Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-10 | New Boston | Tx | Pallet One | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a 9-head cutting machine and suffered a severe laceration to the right hand. | |||||
2020-08-20 | New Boston | Oh | OSCO Industries Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was getting ready to switch out a motor on a piece of foundry equipment. The motor shifted, crushing the employee's left ring finger against its metal frame and causing a partial amputation to the finger. | |||||
2019-07-29 | New Boston | Texas | West Fraser New Boston Division | Brain | Fall on same level |
An employee fell, hitting his nose and forehead on the ground below. The employee was hospitalized for a head injury and lacerations to the nose and above the right eyebrow. | |||||
2019-04-11 | New Boston | Ohio | A & M Refractories, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
A temporary employee was helping a forklift driver lift the base off a mold on the ground. The employee's finger was pinched between the lifting loop and the base, causing a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-01-29 | New Boston | Texas | VSE Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
While working on a training project (maintenance and rebuilding of a diesel engine) an employee caught two fingers on their left hand between the camshaft and the front of the engine. The left middle and ring fingers were lacerated near the nail and partially amputated. | |||||
2018-05-30 | New Boston | Ohio | OSCO Industries, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
On May 30, 2018, at 5:30 p.m. an employee was working from an elevated table to remove a metal casting. While removing the metal casting, the employee felt light headed and was hospitalized for heat-related illness. | |||||
2018-05-23 | New Boston | Ohio | Precision Home Improvement | Buttock(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was erecting a divider in a storage unit when the employee slipped and fell off of a 22" mobile scaffold. Part of the scaffold entered the employee's backside, causing a severe injury. | |||||
2017-04-05 | New Boston | Texas | XO Tech LLC | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell down the stairs of an MRAP vehicle and injured their knee. | |||||
2016-06-27 | New Boston | Texas | West Fraser | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was straightening boards on the landing table when his right hand was caught in a roller. His left middle and ring fingers were injured, and his ring finger was amputated at the hospital. | |||||
2015-10-30 | New Boston | Texas | PalletOne, Inc. | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was feeding a double end trim saw. He dropped a board and bent over to retrieve the board. He reached up to pull himself up and grabbed the sprocket guard on the end. As he grabbed the bottom of the guard, a lug caught him and pulled his hand into the guard. He sustained a cut between the ring and middle finger on the left hand. | |||||
2015-10-29 | New Boston | Texas | URS Federal Services, Inc. | Brain | Struck by object or equipment |
Employees were setting stakes in the ground in order to make new rows for parking vehicles. An employee was struck in the head by a stake that was being hammered into the ground by another employee and was hospitalized with a head injury. | |||||
2015-08-28 | New Boston | Texas | Pallet One of Texas | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was pushing three pieces of lumber directly into the in feed conveyor of a gang saw and cut his left index and middle fingers. The left index figure was amputated just below the nail while the left middle finger was amputated at the first joint. |