| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-14 | North Richland Hills | Tx | Powerhouse Retail Services | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was working from a scissor lift, helping cut a wooden display wall into small sections for removal. The employee cut a section free to be lowered. When it was pulled away from the wall, some attached electrical conduit pulled the entire wall toward the scissor lift and knocked it over. The employee fell to the concrete floor next to the lift, striking his head on the floor and suffering a head injury. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery. | |||||
| 2021-06-04 | Richland Hills | Tx | Hamilton Form Co Ltd | Brain | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| Employees were loading a flatbed trailer with deck slab forms using a 15-ton crane. After the last form was loaded onto the flatbed, two employees climbed on top of the form to unhook the rigging between the form and spreader bar. The spreader bar was hoisted up and the crane began to move toward the east end of the building. The crane boom struck the employee, who was knocked to the ground (about 13 feet below) and suffered a head injury. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-02-19 | Richland Hills | Tx | Advanced Foam Recycling | Upper and lower limb(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was walking in an aisle past bales of stacked polyurethane foam. The stack fell over and the top bale (weighing about 1,200-1,500 pounds) landed on the employee, pinning her under it. She suffered multiple ankle, leg, and arm fractures and possible face injuries. | |||||
| 2020-09-04 | North Richland Hills | Tx | Whataburger | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| An employee tripped and fell to the floor near a fry station, suffering a broken left hand, left arm, left hip, and femur. | |||||
| 2020-06-29 | Richland Hills | Texas | Arden Place of Richland Hills | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee walked into a resident's room, slipped on the wet surface, and fell onto his back, hitting his head on the concrete floor. | |||||
| 2020-04-13 | North Richland Hills | Texas | Alamo Masonry CC, LLC | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was coming down a ladder while holding his brick holder and shovel when he missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He fractured his leg. | |||||
| 2019-01-18 | North Richland Hills | Texas | Parish Electric | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode |
| An employee turned while carrying a ladder, then felt a severe back pain. The employee was hospitalized, suffering from swelling on a nerve. | |||||
| 2018-08-28 | North Richland Hills | Texas | Walmart | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| While walking near stacked pallets, an employee caught his foot and fell, suffering broken ribs. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-03-21 | North Richland Hills | Texas | Smurfit Kappa Bates | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was working at a flexographic machine and setting up for the next order. He manually turned the pull roll with his right hand while his left hand was above the shaft, and his left middle fingertip became lodged in the machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-03-13 | North Richland Hills | Texas | Tyson Foods | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was sanitizing equipment when a moving belt caught and crushed the employee's right hand (first three fingers). The equipment was not locked/tagged out at the time. | |||||
| 2018-03-02 | North Richland Hills | Texas | Big Lots 4134 | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to tripping over self |
| An employee was working at the front register. When she turned around, she tripped and fell on her back resulting in four fractured ribs. | |||||
| 2017-09-14 | North Richland Hills | Texas | Advantage Steel Service, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was painting a steel beam that was on a saw horse when it fell on and broke his leg. | |||||
| 2017-07-23 | North Richland Hills | Texas | Avila G Construction | Brain | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was attempting to fix a board when he lost his footing and fell 16 feet to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized for a head laceration, two brain bleeds, a fractured shoulder blade, and fractured ribs. | |||||
| 2017-01-31 | North Richland Hills | Texas | AutoNation Chevrolet North Richland Hills | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was standing on a small step while working on a vehicle that was up on a lift. He lost his balance and fell backwards hitting a transmission jack when he fell. The employee suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung. | |||||
| 2016-09-09 | Richland Hills | Texas | Charter Communications | Head | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was setting equipment when he became dizzy due to heat stress and fell out of his truck, striking his head on the ground. He was hospitalized with a head contusion and a drop in blood pressure. | |||||
| 2016-07-21 | Richland Hills | Texas | Charter Communication | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee became disoriented while out on his route. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration. | |||||
| 2016-02-22 | North Richland Hills | Texas | Walmart Supercenter Store #807 | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| While slicing deli meat, an employee slipped on a piece of meat on the floor and fell, breaking her right hip and right wrist. | |||||
| 2015-09-25 | North Richland Hills | Texas | WinCo Foods | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee amputated the tip of his right thumb just below the fingernail while cutting meat with a meat saw. | |||||
| 2015-05-31 | North Richland Hills | Texas | PRESTIGE AMERITECH | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| A mask machine cut an employee's finger. The guard was removed at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2015-05-12 | Richland Hills | Texas | Amalgamate Processing, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was standing near a baler machine. A coworker bumped the baler with a forklift, causing the baler door to fall off and hit the employee on the foot. | |||||
| 2015-02-06 | North Richland Hills | Texas | PRESTIGE AMERITECH | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| Employee crushed finger while making gowns on machine #25. Glue had gotten on the material and the employee was sprinkling powder onto the glue. One finger was crushed and others were cut. | |||||