| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-29 | Pearland | Tx | BOYER, INC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was struck in the chest by an auger machine as it was being lifted. The employee was knocked to the ground and he sustained a head injury and a fractured rib. | |||||
| 2021-10-14 | Pearland | Tx | Sunstate Equipment | Ankle(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| At about 11:30 a.m. on October 14, 2021, an employee was guiding a forklift as it loaded 16-foot metal shoring plates (weighing 720 pounds each) onto the back of a truck. One of the plates began to slide off the forks of the forklift and struck the employee on the back of the leg, resulting in a fractured ankle. | |||||
| 2021-08-13 | Pearland | Tx | Central Lighting & Energy, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was installing an HVAC unit while on a 4-foot ladder when they lost their balance and fell, hitting the back of their head on the ground and resulting in a head injury. | |||||
| 2019-08-30 | Pearland | Texas | Tip Top Sheet Metal Inc | Brain | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
| On August 30, 2019, four employees were working from the top of a commercial building, removing the old roof and installing a new roof. One of them fell through a flush-mounted fiberglass skylight, landing on the concrete floor about 12 feet below. He suffered major head trauma and was hospitalized. Fall protection was being worn, but the safety lanyard was not tied off, at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2019-03-09 | Pearland | Texas | Joslin Construction Texas, LLC. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was using a 6-foot breaker bar to demolish an old concrete sidewalk when the concrete slipped off the excavator forks, causing the breaker bar to pop up. Concrete hit the employee in the chin and Adam's apple area, lacerating his neck and knocking him unconscious. | |||||
| 2019-02-06 | Pearland | Texas | ERMC, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was removing a storefront sign using an 8-foot step ladder. While descending the ladder, the employee slipped and fell backwards, hitting the sidewalk with the back of his head. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-05-02 | Pearland | Texas | Packaging Service Co., Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was manually helping a production line lead at a capper machine apply caps to bottles of windshield washer fluid when he noticed that a cap had fallen into the machine's chain and sprocket. He was attempting to remove the cap when the chain and sprocket amputated four of his right fingers. The machine was guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2018-03-20 | Pearland | Texas | Texas Honing, Inc. | Jaw, chin | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was using a crane and sling to support a part while changing the inserts when one leg of the two-leg sling became hung up on part of the machine. The employee continued to raise the crane, and the unconnected sling leg released and struck his chin, fracturing his mandible. | |||||
| 2018-03-09 | Pearland | Texas | Star Welding & Fabrication, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was cutting a metal beam when the beam shaft fell on his left thumb, requiring a partial surgical amputation. | |||||
| 2018-03-07 | Pearland | Texas | Firestone Complete Auto Care | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a tire machine when the tire dismounting arm struck the employee’s right middle finger, partially amputating the first joint. | |||||
| 2017-07-18 | Pearland | Texas | Waste Management of Texas, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee suffered from dehydration and heat illness while on a trash collection route. The employee was hospitalized overnight. | |||||
| 2016-06-13 | Pearland | Texas | Taylor Smith Consulting, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was outside collecting trash on his route and suffered heat exhaustion. | |||||
| 2015-03-03 | Pearland | Texas | Young & Sons Drywall | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was working on the third deck. As he was using a ladder to come down, he fell and sustained an injury. | |||||