| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-26 | Pflugerville | Tx | HOLT Truck Centers Pflugerville | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was reaching for a timing belt that was on the peg board when they fell off a 14-inch-tall cabinet and suffered a broken left hip. | |||||
| 2021-03-22 | Pflugerville | Tx | Shambaugh & Son, L.P. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was descending a concrete stairway with wire rope guardrails. He began to fall and grabbed the guardrail, which gave way. He fell to the concrete floor about 15 feet below, suffering a left-side impact that caused an eye socket fracture and other fractures. He was hospitalized, requiring treatment including a rod in his back. | |||||
| 2021-02-09 | Pflugerville | Tx | Torchys Tacos | Foot (feet) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped over a bucket full of hot water, resulting in burns to their foot. | |||||
| 2020-10-16 | Pflugerville | Tx | Austin Foam Plastics, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| A temporary employee was replacing a printer plate on a jumbo press machine when the machine crushed his left hand. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-10-05 | Pflugerville | Tx | Austin Foam Plastics, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was feeding scrap foam (strings) into a pelletizer machine. The feed rollers caught his glove, causing an amputation of his left middle finger. | |||||
| 2020-09-16 | Pflugerville | Tx | Piedmont Structural Company | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was helping install steel bar joists on steel beams as the joists were lifted into place. A joist hung up, then swung as the employee pried it loose. His right hand was caught between the joist and other steel members and the tip of his little finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-08-28 | Pflugerville | Tx | ACT Pipe & Supply, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| A forklift ran over and broke an employee's left foot as it backed up. | |||||
| 2020-08-26 | Pflugerville | Tx | Emancipet Pflugerville Clinic | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| A veterinarian was drawing blood from a patient for a test when the dog pulled her arm and jerked it back. The needle went into the veterinarian's thumb about an inch. Her hand started swelling in the evening. She later went to the hospital for an infection. | |||||
| 2019-03-14 | Pflugerville | Texas | RSL Floor Design, LLC | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was leaning on a guardrail when it broke and he fell approximately 10 feet, breaking his arm and ankle. | |||||
| 2019-01-28 | Pflugerville | Texas | Healthcare Services Group | Hand(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was microwaving water during food preparation when her apron string was caught on the microwave. When she walked away, the microwave was pulled violently. This caused the hot water to fly out and land on her right hand, resulting in severe burns. | |||||
| 2018-04-26 | Pflugerville | Texas | Austin Foam Plastics | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning rollers when his hands were caught in the rollers, causing amputations to three fingers. | |||||
| 2018-02-08 | Pflugerville | Texas | Bosworth Steel Erectors, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Nonstructural fire, n.e.c. |
| An employee was welding when hot slag dropped into his tool bag, igniting it and causing burns on his back and side. | |||||
| 2018-02-07 | Pflugerville | Texas | Paradigm Metals Incorporated | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating the vertical mill press when the employee's jacket sleeve came in contact with the rotating counter bore bit. His left arm was pulled around the machine fracturing it and also causing many lacerations. | |||||
| 2017-08-22 | Pflugerville | Texas | Paradigm Metals Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee and a coworker were moving a metal cart that had metal pieces loaded on it when the employee's right thumb was caught between the cart edge and a metal piece. When the employee pulled his hand out, his right thumb was amputated (with bone loss) from the nail upwards. | |||||
| 2017-03-29 | Pflugerville | Texas | Custom Sheet Metal, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was manually feeding sheet metal into the roller when his right hand was caught in the sheet metal roller and crushed four fingers. | |||||
| 2017-03-18 | Pflugerville | Texas | Accent Food Services Inc | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped on cardboard and hit the floor, fracturing the left hip and requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2015-06-29 | Pflugerville | Texas | Cash Construction Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee suffered renal/kidney failure and severe dehydration while on the job driving a fuel truck, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-06-27 | Pflugerville | Texas | Spider Wall Systems, Inc. | Pelvis | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| On Saturday, 06/27/2015, an employee was on a roof deck cleaning up after installing a roof parapet when he picked up a piece of plywood and fell through the hole that was underneath, falling approximately 16 feet and breaking his pelvis. | |||||