Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2018-03-06 | Plantersville | Texas | North Houston Pole Line | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was in an aerial lift preparing to install mechanical rigging onto a new power line when the fourth and fifth fingers of the employee's right hand were pinched and crushed between the aerial lift basket rail and the cross arm of the power line structure. | |||||
2017-06-15 | Plantersville | Texas | Forum Energy Technologies | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting 3/4-inch strips of wood with a table saw when a piece of scrap wood became stuck between the guard and the saw blade. As the employee attempted to remove it, the left index fingertip contacted the blade and was partially amputated. | |||||
2016-08-26 | Plantersville | Texas | Thomas Smith Welding and Fabrication | Multiple body parts | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
On August 26, 2016, at approximately 10:30 AM an employee was cutting a barrel. The barrel exploded and the employee suffered several burns and broke his left leg. |