Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-01-17 | Pharr | Texas | Strong Structural Steel, LTD. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was aligning metal beams on a table by hand before pushing them into a cutting machine when his hand was wedged between two beams, resulting in a left ring finger amputation. | |||||
2019-03-12 | Pharr | Texas | Jem D International Michigan | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
While walking across a warehouse, an employee was struck by a forklift and fell over. The forklift then ran over the employee's right foot, breaking it. | |||||
2018-07-05 | Pharr | Texas | Rush Truck Center | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less |
An employee was loading a machine when he touched a part on the machine and received an electrical shock on his right hand from a 220-volt circuit. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-07-03 | Pharr | Texas | Strong Structural Steel, Ltd. | Thigh(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was welding a 25-foot steel A-frame. As the employee lifted the A-frame, a chain about 10 feet high came loose and the A-frame pinned them, causing a possible fracture to the left femur. | |||||
2018-02-20 | Pharr | Texas | Estes Express Lines | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was connecting a converter dolly to a trailer when the dolly unexpectedly released itself, crushing the employee's finger against the bottom of the trailer. | |||||
2017-09-22 | Pharr | Texas | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was inspecting the inside of a cargo truck at a loading dock when the truck driver began to drive away, causing the employee to fall off the dock. He broke his left ankle and injured his knee. | |||||
2017-09-15 | Pharr | Texas | Novus Polaris, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was putting a screw into an electrical box when an arc flash/blast occurred. The employee suffered electrical burns. | |||||
2017-06-24 | Pharr | Texas | Emerson Tool Company | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was using a reach truck to store material on a rack. The employee was standing on the forklift and the employee's left foot was caught between the frame of the forklift and the rack resulting in a crushing injury. The left foot was surgically amputated. | |||||
2017-05-31 | Pharr | Texas | Texas Co-Op Inspection Program | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee's feet were run over and crushed by a forklift, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-02-27 | Pharr | Texas | Universal Metal Products Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a punch press and amputated four fingers on the left hand. | |||||
2016-01-11 | Pharr | Texas | Anderson Machinery Company | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee and two coworkers were removing counterweights from a tractor. The employee used a pipe to balance the counterweight, but the counterweight shifted, causing the pipe to strike the employee. He fell on the cement floor and suffered chest, wrist, and head injuries. | |||||
2015-09-22 | Pharr | Texas | Stripes Connivience Store | Brain | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was chasing a robber and suffered a head injury. | |||||
2015-02-14 | Pharr | Texas | Pappas Restaurants, Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
Employee was hospitalized on 2/14/2015, when he tripped on a metal cart and fell in the dish pit. He fell face forward, hitting his face, lip, head and both shoulders which were dislocated. |