Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-02 | Coppell | Tx | Universal Pure | Lower leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was driving an electric riding pallet jack. His left foot slipped off the jack and was crushed between it and metal racking. His left tibia was broken. | |||||
2021-05-30 | Coppell | Tx | Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, L.P. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
A mechanic was performing preventative maintenance on an automated plunger type valve. The air pressure on the valve released and the valve closed due to spring pressure on it. The employee's left ring fingertip was caught between the valve and its seat resulting in amputation. | |||||
2021-04-06 | Coppell | Tx | United Supermarkets, LLC | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was preparing demo samples when the employee tripped over an open lower cabinet door and fell to the floor, resulting in injuries to the shoulder and hip. | |||||
2021-01-28 | Opp | Al | POWERSOUTH ENGERY COOPERATIVE | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
Two employees were conducting maintenance on electrical switches. While the employees were applying jumpers, contact was made on the 115 kV transition line causing an arc flash. The employees were hospitalized with electrical burns. | |||||
2020-07-10 | Coppell | Texas | DFW Support Services | Multiple body parts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was unjamming a towel when he was pulled between two conveyor belts. He suffered injuries to his neck and legs. | |||||
2020-05-13 | Coppell | Texas | Uline, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was struck in the back by a falling bale of boxes. | |||||
2020-05-06 | Coppell | Texas | American Building Supply, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was standing on a stack of cardboard, labeling and reviewing items to be moved when a stock order picker (equipment) came around the corner. When the employee saw the equipment approaching, she attempted to step down and ensure she was not in a hazardous situation with the equipment. She stepped on the side of a wheeled cart, causing the cart to move, and she lost her balance. She fell and hit her head on the concrete floor, suffering a subdural hematoma that required hospitalization | |||||
2020-01-28 | Coppell | Texas | Brown Paper Goods Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was operating a cartoner and feeding a box of product into the machine when paper fell out and became jammed. The employee cycled the machine to clear the jam and the employee's finger became caught in a chain, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2020-01-16 | Coppell | Texas | Grocers Supply Wholesale LLC | Foot (feet) | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating an electric pallet jack when he lost control of the jack and it ran over his right foot, injuring it. | |||||
2019-08-01 | Coppell | Texas | Daryl Flood Logistics, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall while sitting |
While unloading a conveyor belt, an employee became faint, began to sit, twisted his ankle, and then fell and broke his leg. | |||||
2019-07-29 | Coppell | Texas | Staples Contract & Commercial, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee reached onto a conveyor system to remove a jammed box when the employee's right middle finger was caught between the diverter belt and pulley, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-07-24 | Coppell | Texas | Octavio Flores | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing a ladder with a pack of shingles when he fell off the ladder and landed on a pallet, injuring his back. | |||||
2019-06-19 | Koppel | Pennsylvania | TMK IPSCO | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was positioning a flap gate airlock valve. The valve was turned while his hand was on it, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2019-01-23 | Coppell | Texas | Century Mechanical Contractors, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was operating a mini-excavator in a saw-cut hole. While the employee was trying to climb out of the hole, the excavator became unstable and tipped over. The employee's left foot was wedged and crushed between the excavator and concrete. | |||||
2018-07-25 | Opp | Alabama | Sonoco Products Company | Fingertip(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
An employee was using a push cart when her right pinky fingertip (5th digit) was pinched and smashed between the cart she was using and another cart in the area. Her fingertip had to be medically amputated. | |||||
2018-05-16 | Coppell | Texas | The Container Store, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee was operating a tugger with an attached trash hopper. He reached to pick up an item off the floor and suffered a knee cramp. He fell to the floor and fractured his right hip. | |||||
2018-04-02 | Coppell | Texas | Beavex Incorporated | Head | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was going to use a forklift to push down a dock plate. The employee's head struck the forklift when it came into contact with the dock plate, suffering a head contusion that required hospitalization. | |||||
2018-03-27 | Coppell | Texas | Staples, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was using small material handling equipment (MHE) to place a box of product onto a shelf. Another employee was operating a larger MHE to retrieve empty pallets from the shelf racks in the same aisle. The second employee's MHE equipment was raised in the air approximately 20 feet as it was being moved to the next pallet. The second employee did not see the first employee working below him or her MHE sitting in the aisle, and the MHE equipment collided. The first employee's left ankle | |||||
2018-01-12 | Coppell | Texas | Amazon | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was turning a powered industrial truck (PIT) around near a racking system when she struck a vertical support column, pinning her leg between the PIT and the column. | |||||
2017-10-16 | Coppell | Texas | Amazon FTW2 | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a clamp truck and pulling it into the battery charging area to park it. Her left foot was outside the confines of the clamp truck and struck a railing. Her left foot was then caught between the clamp truck and the railing, fracturing her big toe and avulsing the skin from the big and middle toes. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-10-13 | Coppell | Texas | Glazier Foods Company | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was caught between a reversing electric forklift and racking as the forklift brought a pallet from a second level rack to the floor. | |||||
2017-07-27 | Copperas Cove | Texas | Johnson Insulation | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee had been installing insulation and leaned against the safety rail of a second story interior balcony and fell approximately 12 feet to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a back injury and fractured vertebrae. | |||||
2017-07-11 | Coppell | Texas | Glazier Foods Company | Leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was operating an electric pallet jack and was in the freezer to check inventory when a forklift struck and cut the employee's leg. | |||||
2017-04-30 | Koppel | Pennsylvania | TMK Ipsco Koppel Tubulars Corp. | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was going to cut a piece of flat metal and was using an air clamp to hold the metal in place when the employee's left thumb tip was caught and amputated. | |||||
2017-04-05 | Coppell | Texas | Republic Service | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, roadway |
An employee was riding on the back of the truck. When the truck made a left turn the rider contacted a wall and fell off the truck injuring ribs on his left side. | |||||
2016-09-14 | Coppell | Texas | QuikTrip Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee working in the kitchen suffered an amputation. | |||||
2016-06-10 | Joppa | Alabama | Environmental Field Services, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was reinstalling a cutting shoe on a direct push tube soil sampling rod. The dual tube rod slid out of the tensioner that was being used to hold it up and fell back down the bore hole, amputating the employee's right index finger below the first knuckle. | |||||
2016-05-04 | Coppell | Texas | Advanced Online | Multiple body parts | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was injured while selecting orders on an elevated platform. | |||||
2016-01-06 | Coppell | Texas | Amazon.com.kydc LLC | Lower leg(s) | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
An employee was reversing a powered industrial vehicle. While he was going to turn, his foot went outside of the truck and struck a rack. He suffered a lower left leg fracture. | |||||
2015-10-14 | Coppell | Texas | Staples Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was operating a reach truck. When he stepped off the truck to pick up a fallen box, an order selector (cherry picker) ran over his right foot. | |||||
2015-10-06 | Kopperl | Texas | Whiskey Canon Ranch | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a log splitter to split fire wood. He placed a log in the holder and activated the hydraulic lever that operates the blade. His left hand was still holding the log at the time, and his left pinky fingertip was smashed. | |||||
2015-09-25 | Coppell | Texas | BMC Building Materials and Construction Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was applying wax to a double-sided planer when his glove got caught by the blades. His right index finger and thumb were amputated. | |||||
2015-09-11 | Coppell | Texas | Staff Force Personnel Services | Foot (feet) | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
An employee was taking a forklift to a charging station. When he stepped off the forklift, which was still moving, his foot got caught between the forklift and a rail. His left foot was fractured. | |||||
2015-07-03 | Coppell | Texas | Torn and Glasser | Foot (feet) | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
An employee was operating a forklift when the unit lost power. The forklift stalled and then rolled back towards some barriers posted in front of the electrical box. The employee stuck his foot outside of the driver's compartment as the forklift approached the barrier. His foot was crushed between the barrier and the forklift. | |||||
2015-02-24 | Koppel | Pennsylvania | Penn State Special Metals LLC | Wrist(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee cut his wrist while operating a polishing wheel and was hospitalized overnight. |