| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-30 | New Braunfels | Tx | Walmart Distribution Center | Ankle(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was driving a forklift when the back of her heel was crushed between the forklift and a steel roof beam. She suffered an injury to the left ankle and Achilles tendon. | |||||
| 2021-07-22 | New Braunfels | Tx | Charter Communications | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| A Spectrum employee was installing a coaxial cable line through a suspended ceiling. He was using a 6-foot A-frame ladder to access the ceiling near a wall to run glow rods through to the next room. The glow rods became stuck in the ceiling; as he tried to free them, he lost his balance and fell to the floor about 5 feet below. He suffered injuries to the right arm and ribs. | |||||
| 2021-07-15 | New Braunfels | Tx | Simpson Performance Products Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting a circular pattern in cloth using an electric rotary cutter. The cloth got caught in the cutting tool's blade and the employee's hand was pulled into the tool. The employee's left index fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-06-10 | New Braunfels | Tx | Dean Word Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee had been pouring and mixing concrete on June 8, 2021. The employee came into work the next morning, felt ill, and was sent home. The employee was hospitalized with dehydration. | |||||
| 2021-05-06 | New Braunfels | Tx | BMC Building Materials and Construction Solutions | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was stacking bundles of floor trusses with the forklift. When he attempted to separate two loads, controls on the forklift were bumped and caused the load to lower, pinching his right index finger between the sticker and the top bundle of floor trusses. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-03-03 | New Braunfels | Tx | RTM CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by handheld object or equipment |
| Two employees were shoveling gravel in a trench when a shovel slipped from the gravel and contacted an employee's left pinky finger, resulting in amputation. | |||||
| 2021-01-21 | New Braunfels | Tx | Dirt Cheap | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
| An employee was pushing a pallet jack with an empty gaylord box on top. The employee suffered a back injury and fell. | |||||
| 2020-09-30 | New Braunfels | Tx | Vogler Sheet Metal Co., Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was climbing an interior ladder to a rooftop. He slipped and fell to the concrete 10-12 feet below. He suffered a broken right hand and right foot and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-06-07 | New Braunfels | Texas | Austin Truck and Machinery, LLC | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was walking down steps when he fell to the cement ground, suffering ligament damage to his knee. | |||||
| 2020-05-21 | New Braunfels | Texas | LoneStar Paving | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was shoveling hot asphalt when he started to feel unwell. Around the afternoon, after sitting in the shade and drinking some water, he became ill and required hospitalization for heat illness. | |||||
| 2020-02-19 | New Braunfels | Texas | Legacy Sitework, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was using an angle grinder to grind out imperfections in a concrete curb. The grinding wheel exploded. Flying pieces of it hit his left knee pad (causing the knee to swell) and lacerated his left index finger, damaging the bone. | |||||
| 2020-02-11 | New Braunfels | Texas | CML Security, LLC | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet |
| An employee was walking on metal mesh to retrieve a tool. The mesh panel gave way and the employee fell 27 feet to the floor, suffering broken hips and legs. | |||||
| 2020-01-23 | New Braunfels | Texas | Harris Rebar Nufab, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a stand-up rebar pipe bending machine. He was grabbing rebar when he was caught in the bending pen. His pinky finger was amputated and the middle and ring fingers were fractured. | |||||
| 2019-08-21 | New Braunfels | Texas | McCoy Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was assembling a pre-hung residential door and needed to add some wooden door jamb extension strips to achieve the proper dimensions for the opening size. He was ripping a board to the needed size on a table saw when the board kicked back. He pushed it back down and his finger came in contact with the blade, lacerating his left index fingertip. As a result, his skin had to be surgically trimmed. | |||||
| 2019-08-21 | New Braunfels | Texas | USPS | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was unloading a large metal container that holds mail trays. She removed the netting from the front of the container to retrieve the trays and placed the netting on the ground. After retrieving the trays, she tripped on the netting and fell to the ground, landing on the trays she was carrying. She broke her hip. | |||||
| 2019-08-01 | New Braunfels | Texas | Harland Clarke | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee clocked out for the day and was walking to her car. The employee stepped off of a curb, heard a pop in her right leg, and fell. She sustained a fractured right ankle, torn tendon, and calf strain. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-07-29 | New Braunfels | Texas | One Home Medical Equipment Texas LLC | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was inside a box truck walking backwards while pulling out equipment on wheels when he overstepped and fell backwards onto a lift gate, fracturing his right arm. | |||||
| 2019-06-06 | New Braunfels | Texas | MGC CONTRACTORS | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting plywood when the blade amputated the tip of the employee's left index finger. | |||||
| 2019-05-06 | New Braunfels | Texas | McCoy Building Supply Millwork | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on top of a platform ladder near the door jam section of the facility. The ladder fell over and the employee suffered injuries to the shoulder. | |||||
| 2019-01-25 | New Braunfels | Texas | Irby Construction Company | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was walking away from the worksite where he had just attached a steel cable to the pulling machine. The employee was struck by a steel cable that broke off from a fiber rope. The employee sustained a right side clavicle fracture, left side rib fracture, and a collapsed lung. | |||||
| 2019-01-24 | New Braunfels | Texas | Cleaver Brooks Sales and Service | Eye(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee had installed a flapper valve on a fresh water tank on a boiler. He was standing next to the pipe release valve when the valve turned on and potassium chloride sprayed into the employee's eyes causing chemical burns. | |||||
| 2019-01-14 | New Braunfels | Texas | MGC Contractors, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a powered handheld saw to cut 2 x 4's, when his right leg was lacerated above the knee. The employee required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2018-07-31 | New Braunfels | Texas | Golden West Oil Company | Shoulder(s) and arm(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was working on the bed of a truck, moving a drum and then repositioning a pallet jack to be unloaded for charging overnight. The lift gate had been lowered; as the employee walked backward to move the pallet jack, he fell off the end of the truck to the concrete driveway about 3 feet below. He broke his right elbow in five places, also suffering a broken shoulder. | |||||
| 2017-10-10 | New Braunfels | Texas | MEI Rigging & Crating | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee slipped and fell from his rig to the ground, fracturing his right clavicle. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-10-10 | New Braunfels | Texas | Weisman Equipment Company, Ltd | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| An employee was loading a mower onto a trailer when the mower fell off the trailer and rolled on top of the employee. The employee suffered broken ribs. | |||||
| 2017-06-29 | New Braunfels | Texas | Producers Cooperavtive Marketing Association | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was descending a staircase after dislodging feed bags that were stuck on a conveyor when he fell approximately 6 feet and his right leg struck a cattle scale, breaking it above the ankle and requiring surgery/hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-06-27 | New Braunfels | Texas | Walmart Logistics | Hand(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was reversing a forklift when his hand was caught between a rack support beam and the overhead cage of the forklift, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2017-05-26 | New Braunfels | Texas | Walmart Distribution Center #6016 | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting a conveyor belt when the conveyor injured his left-hand tendons, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2017-05-03 | New Braunfels | Texas | Win-Con Enterprises, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using an industrial drill press when his glove became caught in the drill bit. The drill bit then amputated his left thumb. | |||||
| 2017-05-02 | New Braunfels | Texas | Trade-Mark Industrial LLC | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was installing a mixer with a coworker. His right hand was inside the pulley assembly, attempting to get the cable back on the pulley, when the up/down air lifter was actuated to relieve tension on the cable. The mixer then came down and amputated his right index fingertip between the knuckle and the nail. | |||||
| 2017-04-19 | New Braunfels | Texas | Prime Painting & Coatings LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on a ladder painting when he fell off, breaking his heel and ribs. | |||||
| 2017-03-13 | New Braunfels | Texas | The Coleman Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On March 13, 2017, at approximately 10:30 PM, an employee was troubleshooting a vacuum pump when a belt lacerated his left middle finger down the bone. His finger was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2017-03-01 | New Braunfels | Texas | Consolidated Service Company | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| A worker was on the seventh or eighth rung of a 10-foot ladder and fell resulting in a broken rib and a bruise to the head. | |||||
| 2016-08-24 | New Braunfels | Texas | Tony Bagliore Concrete | Head and trunk | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was guiding the hose and pouring concrete on the jobsite. When there was a build up of air pressure in the machine, the hose started to shake and the metal portion of the hose struck the employee in the head. The employee fell backwards onto a piece of horizontal rebar and fractured five ribs on the right side. The employee also suffered a contusion on the right arm and a minor chemical burn in the eyes from the concrete. | |||||
| 2016-05-14 | New Braunfels | Texas | GE Oil & Gas Salof | Jaw, chin | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
| While stepping onto an assembly, an employee tripped on the edge and fell forward. The employee's jaw struck an angle iron and broke in three places. | |||||
| 2015-11-18 | New Braunfels | Texas | GE Oil and Gas | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee suffered an avulsion of his left thumb that was later amputated in the hospital. | |||||
| 2015-09-02 | New Braunfels | Texas | JL Construction Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was installing cornices on the side of the house using an approximately 8-foot multipurpose portable ladder when he fell on his back with his gear. The impact of the fall caused the employee to go into a coma. | |||||
| 2015-08-11 | New Braunfels | Texas | Harris Rebar | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee was struck in the shoulder by a falling piece of rebar breaking the collarbone. The rebar was ~42 feet long and weighed ~108 pounds. The rebar was being manually placed in a storage rack when it slipped and struck the employee. | |||||