Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-09-04	Plano	Tx	Costco Wholesale	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was loading cardboard boxes onto a bailer. When the employee closed the bailer's gate, the bailer caught the tip of the employee's finger. The fingertip was amputated.
2021-08-11	Plano	Tx	Sodexo	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell to the floor, suffering a broken right kneecap.
2021-08-09	Plano	Tx	Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was carrying two pieces of medical equipment out of a room. Her right foot caught on an object and she fell, landing on her left knee and breaking the kneecap.
2021-07-29	Plano	Tx	Norton Metals	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
An employee was moving metal materials by hand. One of the employee's fingers was caught between two pieces of metal, and the fingertip was amputated.
2021-06-18	Plano	Il	Menards Distribution Center	Leg(s)	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was standing next to a pallet conveyor when she lost her balance and fell onto the conveyor, which pulled in her leg. The employee suffered an open wound to her left leg that required hospitalization and surgery.
2021-04-22	Plano	Tx	McDowell Label Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning adhesive off a roller. The roller caught the rag he was using and pulled in his right hand. He suffered a laceration to the hand and a broken right finger.
2021-04-12	Plano	Tx	ATI Restoration, LLC	Heel(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was painting on top of mobile scaffold when they fell six feet, resulting in broken heels.
2020-10-05	Plano	Tx	DBI Services	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee had been leveling out a rock base in the storage yard. He tripped and fell on broken concrete, sustaining a knee laceration, torn tendon, and a punctured knee cap. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-09-18	Plano	Tx	Mejia Stucco Stone	Shoulder(s) and back	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was working on the third tier of a four-tier scaffold. The employee used a cross brace to gain more height. The cross brace broke and the employee fell approximately 16 feet to the ground below resulting in hospitalization for back and upper right shoulder injuries.
2020-08-15	Plano	Tx	People, Pets and Vets	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
An employee was approaching a cat (a veterinary patient) when it bit her left middle finger.
2020-08-04	Plano	Tx	Aimbridge Hospitality	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee tripped and fell in the office parking lot while attempting to remove a case of sodas from her car. The case of sodas fell on her right leg and foot, fracturing both.
2020-07-30	Plano	Texas	Texas Health Resources	Hip(s)	Fall while sitting
An employee had been standing and giving a presentation. When finished, he went to sit down in a chair but the chair rolled out from under him. The employee fell to the floor, sustained a left hip injury, and was hospitalized.
2020-07-08	Plano	Illinois	Groot Industries	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
On July 8, 2020, an employee developed heat exhaustion while performing a post inspection on a garbage truck. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-03-07	Plano	Texas	Circle H Contractors	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was pushing a steel mud bucket inside a tunnel work area. The bucket was loaded with pieces of lumber and C-shaped steel beam rings. A piece of the steel caught the edge of the tunnel wall, moved back, and caught the employee's right index finger against the upper edge of the bucket. The employee suffered an amputation to the finger.
2020-02-14	Plano	Texas	CVS Store 8393	Leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was in the stock room hallway when a construction worker asked the employee to move a piece of sheet rock by hand. The sheet rock fell and struck the injured employee's leg, breaking it.
2020-01-30	Plano	Texas	Fiesta Mart #59	Hand(s) and finger(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was mixing masa in the tumbler in preparation for making dough for tortillas and contacted one of the spiral assembly parts with his right hand. The employee sustained lacerations to his thumb, palm and part of right hand.
2020-01-18	Plano	Texas	Walmart	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over self
An employee tripped and fell while zoning and cleaning up an area, suffering a hip fracture that required surgery.
2019-07-17	Plano	Texas	ABB Power Electronics, Inc.	Hand(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was wiring batteries (125 volts) to test them. One of the batteries was placed backwards. The wire became hot and burned his hands.
2019-07-15	Plano	Texas	Sundance Electrical	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was working on the sixth rung of an 8-foot ladder. He was unplugging temporary lights when he received an electrical shock from the temporary lighting cords and fell from the ladder. He landed on and fractured his left ankle.
2019-07-02	Plano	Texas	Braum's, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was walking outside to take out a customer order when the employee stepped off the curb and fell, fracturing the lower tibia and sustaining a ligament injury to the ankle.
2019-07-01	Plano	Texas	Medical City Plano	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was pushing a linen cart in a hallway. The employee's foot became tangled and the employee fell, suffering a broken hip.
2019-06-08	Plano	Texas	Macys	Lower leg(s)	Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional
An employee was attempting to apprehend a shoplifter when the employee fell and broke the left tibia.
2019-06-05	Plano	Texas	Raising Cane's Restaurant C123	Hand(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee slipped while trying to get to a basket of food at a fryer. His right hand went into the hot oil and he suffered a burn.
2019-03-26	Plano	Texas	Spring Valley Construction Co.	Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was using measuring tape to shoot grade when he slipped in mud and fell, striking his face above the right eye. He suffered a cracked sinus cavity and required stitches above his right eye.
2019-02-01	Plano	Texas	Trinity Drywall & Plastering Systems	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
As an employee was climbing down from a ladder, the ladder began to slide and move. The employee fell approximately 10 feet to the ground below and sustained two fractured ribs, a broken radial bone on the left arm, and a broken left wrist.
2019-01-02	Plano	Texas	Packaging Corporation of America	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was unjamming corrugated sheets from a pre-feeder machine when his right arm was caught in the self-closing gate.
2018-09-18	Plano	Texas	Fiesta Mart, L.L.C. Store #59	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee suffered an amputation to his right hand (middle finger) while using a band saw to cut meat.
2018-08-29	Plano	Texas	Plano Super Bowl, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a cam shaft on a pin setter when the employee's rag and left index finger became caught in the machine, resulting in a finger amputation. The machine was not locked/tagged out and was energized at the time of the incident.
2018-08-20	Plano	Illinois	Menards Inc.	Wrist(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
On August 20, 2018, an employee tripped and fell while walking, suffering a wrist fracture and head contusion. She was hospitalized and had surgery.
2018-08-08	Plano	Texas	UL, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee fell approximately 20 feet from a ladder, resulting in a little finger amputation.
2018-04-12	Plano	Texas	Packaging Corporation of America	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning under and around the discharge conveyor of a flexographic printer when the employee's right hand came into contact with the drive chain and pulley, partially amputating the index finger and lacerating the middle and ring fingers.
2018-02-12	Plano	Texas	Portico Property Management	Nonclassifiable	Ingestion of harmful substance
An employee had a bottle of drinking water sitting next to a bottle of odor eliminator. The employee grabbed the bottle of odor eliminator and drank that instead of the water. The bottle was not labeled.
2018-02-10	Plano	Texas	H-E-B Grocery Company LP	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting flower stems using a manual guillotine cutter and amputated the left thumb between the nail and first knuckle.
2017-09-08	Plano	Texas	FORD AUDIO VIDEO SYSTEMS, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was using a scissor lift to pull cable. When the employee raised the lift, the employee's ring finger was pinched and partially amputated between the lift guardrail and sheet metal on the ceiling.
2017-09-08	Plano	Texas	Nova Landscape Group,Inc	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped and fell over rebar that was on the ground, breaking his right ankle.
2017-08-11	Plano	Texas	WayPoint Systems, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee fell approximately 8 feet from an A-frame ladder to the ground while removing a DDC controller from a ceiling.
2017-06-14	Plano	Texas	Nalor Commercial Interiors	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was working on a ladder approximately 3 feet in the air painting a doorframe when the extension slipped out and he fell, breaking his ankle.
2017-05-31	Plano	Texas	Lone Star Door & Construction Services	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee contacted live wires in an electrical box while standing on a ladder and was shocked, causing the employee to fall to the floor. The employee broke a femur, a wrist, and vertebrae, requiring hospitalization.
2017-05-04	Plano	Texas	Childrens Medical Center of Plano	Fingertip(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was pulling a cart through the door that had an automatic closer and her left hand was caught in the door jam resulting in a middle fingertip amputation.
2017-04-22	Plano	Texas	Lowe's Home Centers, LLC	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was cleaning the top of a baler and slipped off a stool fracturing the left wrist.
2017-04-05	Plano	Texas	CVS Pharmacy	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking through the store to return a piece of merchandise when she slipped on an N-cap and fell, fracturing her hip.
2016-10-03	Plano	Texas	Kpost Roofing and WaterProofing	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was near the roll-bending machine while the machine operator was feeding metal into the roller. The employee's index and middle fingers were then caught and amputated in the roller.
2016-09-12	Plano	Texas	Natural Polymer International Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was unclogging the mixer machine and amputated the right middle and ring fingers.
2016-08-29	Plano	Texas	TEC Environmental, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
An employee was working in a crawl space above the ceiling cleaning out debris during roof repairs. The employee fell 18 feet through a hatch door to the concrete ground below breaking both ankles and sustaining a head laceration.
2016-08-18	Plano	Illinois	Menard, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
On or about August 18, 2016, an employee was standing on a desktop while screwing an LED bulb into a new light fixture when he fell 39 inches to the floor below. He was hospitalized for a back injury.
2016-08-11	Plano	Texas	BRI Commercial Roofing	Nonclassifiable	Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
An employee was working on the roof of a commercial building when the deck gave way and he fell approximately 15 feet to the ground below. He was hospitalized.
2016-07-18	Plano	Texas	U.S. Postal Service	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was delivering mail and began cramping. The employee was hospitalized for heat stress.
2016-05-05	Plano	Texas	Gleneagles Country Club	Nonclassifiable	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee, who was driving a golf-cart, lost control and the golf cart over-turned, resulting in multiple injuries to his body.
2016-04-03	Plano	Texas	E. A Sween	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee delivering food fell from the lift gate of the delivery truck to the ground, breaking a leg.
2016-01-23	Plano	Texas	Baten Steel Erectors, Inc.	Brain	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was using an electric impact wrench to tighten bolts used to secure the lifts frame. He was found unresponsive with his head caught between the frame of the lift and the frame of the building. He underwent surgery for head trauma.
2016-01-05	Plano	Texas	Binswanger Enterprises, LLC	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Four employees were setting up a suspended scaffold. Three employees were on a level above. The injured employee was standing on a lower level, receiving materials from the employees working above. The employee stepped backwards and fell approximately 8 to 10 feet, breaking multiple back bones.
2016-01-05	Plano	Texas	Binswanger Enterprises	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was working on a building rooftop when he fell, breaking his neck and partially paralyzing his legs and left arm.
2016-01-03	Plano	Texas	Medical Center of Plano	Lumbar region	Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
While trying to prevent a patient from falling off the operating table, an employee strained/sprained their lower back.
2015-12-03	Plano	Texas	Crest Cadillac, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway
An employee was struck by a car while crossing the street. The employee's right arm broke, and their bowel was punctured.
2015-11-24	Plano	Texas	Austin Bridge & Road LP	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was pulling on a light chain to get an alignment for a pavement edge. The chain broke, causing the employee to stumble, misstep, and fall. He broke his left tibia above the ankle.
2015-10-15	Plano	Texas	TOP FLIGHT STEEL, INC	Knee(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was welding a beam during steel erection activities for a commercial building. The employee's knee got caught between the boom net and a beam.
2015-10-13	Plano	Texas	FedEx	Neck and back	Roadway collision-moving perpendicularly
The employee was driving a company vehicle and making a left-hand turn when he was rear-ended by another vehicle. The employee was transported to the hospital with neck and back injuries.
2015-09-14	Plano	Texas	Crossmark Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was walking through the hallway of the hotel, tripped and fell suffering a collapsed lung.
2015-05-15	Plano	Texas	Service King Colission Repair	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c.
An employee walking out of a paint booth tripped while taking off his paint coat. He broke his right femur.
2015-05-08	Plano	Texas	Joann's Fabric	Brain	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee in the restroom lost her balance and tripped over her pant leg, falling and hitting her head on the wall. She dented her head and required hospitalization.
2015-04-23	Plano	Texas	Employee Solutions	Ankle(s)	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was riding an electric pallet jack and slipped. She came down and pulled on the handle. The pallet jack ran over her ankle.
2015-03-19	Plano	Texas	Tuesday Morning	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
Employee fell off of a stepladder.
2015-02-12	Plano	Texas	Mario Sinacola	Hand(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
Employee caught hand in system.
2015-02-12	Plano	Texas	Kroger #522	Neck and back	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Employee was standing on two milk crates to secure the sides of a temporary sales tent in a parking lot and slipped and fell causing upper back and neck injuries.
2015-02-04	Plano	Illinois	Midwest Manufacturing	Forearm(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was injured by a utility knife. He was cutting banding on a wood bundle when the knife slipped, and he cut his left forearm.
2015-01-27	Plano	Texas	Employee Solutions	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
Temporary employee sustained amputation of ring finger while working on wire reel in plant #2 of host company Encore Wire Corp.
2015-01-20	Plano	Texas	Dynamic System Mechanical Contractors Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
An employee servicing an AC was working from a 10-foot A-frame ladder. While descending, the ladder gave way and the employee fell to the ground.
2015-01-05	Plano	Texas	Elite Metal Fabricators, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
While stairs were being installed using a sky trak at the Plano Assisted Living facility, an employee on the ground who was directing the stair placement got his left index finger caught between a metal stud and the stair. The employee was transported to Methodist Richardson and had surgery the next day to amputate his finger at the knuckle.