| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-25 | Porter | Tx | D & R Foundation Drilling Inc | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was operating a foundation drilling rig from the operator's chair when the chair broke at the base and the employee fell 7 feet to ground, landing on his head and back. The employee suffered a broken back and a head injury. | |||||
| 2020-07-21 | Porter | Texas | North Houston Pole Line | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| The employee was working from a bucket truck transferring live wires from an old power pole to a new pole. The employee's lanyard got close enough to a live wire that an arc flash occurred. The employee sustained second degree burns where the metal parts of the harness contacted his body. | |||||
| 2019-03-29 | Porter | Texas | STEEL CO INC. | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet |
| An employee was working on a roof. The fall protection system the employee was using fell at a gap in the roof, pulling the employee with it; the employee fell 30 feet, suffering maxillofacial and wrist injuries, and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-06-13 | Porter | Texas | Home Depot | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was operating a lift to retrieve merchandise from an elevated rack. The employee's left hand struck the rack and his pinky finger was partially amputated. The employee was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2017-07-15 | Porter | Texas | Marek Brothers Systems Inc | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was hanging sheet rock when he became sick due to possible dehydration. He passed out, started shaking, and fell, striking and scratching his face. | |||||
| 2016-02-17 | Porter | Texas | Walmart #297 | Eye(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was pouring floor stripper in a bucket to dilute with water. While pouring, the chemical splashed into his left eye. | |||||
| 2015-10-07 | Porter | Texas | Webber, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On 10/07/2015 at approximately 3:30 PM, an employee was helping a Bobcat operator load a two piece steel barrier wall form onto the bed area of the knuckle boom truck. As the forms were being lowered into place, the tip of his right middle finger was smashed between the two forms pieces. | |||||
| 2015-09-07 | Porterville | California | U.S. FOREST SERVICE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST REGION | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| A firefighter was cutting line with the crew around spot fires in very steep terrain. A burning log rolled on top of the firefighter pinning him to the burning ground. The firefighter could not remove the log and neither could a crew member who tried to assist. The firefighter suffered second degree burns to 23 percent of his back and third degree burns to seven percent of his right shoulder, chest, stomach and back of legs. | |||||
| 2015-08-21 | Porter | Texas | EPSA USA Products, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Stings and venomous bites |
| An employee's finger was bitten by a venomous snake while attempting to search for a welding pipe. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-01-14 | Porterville | California | U.S. Postal Service | Lung(s), pleura | Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c. |
| On 1/14/15, an employee on his mail route accidentally swallowed a pen cap. The pen cap traveled to the employee's lung. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||