Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-19 | Rosenberg | Tx | Autozone | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was conducting inventory in a stockroom when he tripped and fell. On the way down, he reached out to brace his fall on a nearby rolling ladder, which cut his left middle finger and resulted in a partial amputation. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-07-06 | Rosenberg | Tx | J&B Communications | Arm(s) | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. |
On July 6, 2021, an employee was crossing a road, holding a 1/4-inch telecommunications strand cable with his left arm. A truck sped through the traffic stop, and the cable became tangled in its rear tires. The cable amputated the employee's left arm. | |||||
2021-05-01 | Rosenberg | Tx | Seatex, LLC | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Other jump to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee climbed an 8-foot fence. When the employee jumped down, their right tibia and left ankle were broken. | |||||
2020-09-25 | Rosenberg | Tx | Biotics Research Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was operating a tablet press that presses powdered material to form pills. The powder was not flowing evenly into the machine. The employee was moving excess product back into the feed frames and dies when her left index fingertip and fingernail were amputated. | |||||
2019-06-26 | Rosenberg | Texas | WILLIAMS BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. | Face | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was walking to the truck and was struck on the right side of the face with the bucket of a front end loader. The employee suffered a facial laceration that required surgery. | |||||
2019-03-13 | Rosenberg | Texas | Dealers Electric Supply | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell 4-5 feet off the back of a truck and struck the back of his head. The employee was hospitalized for a concussion. | |||||
2019-02-21 | Rosenberg | Texas | ACR HVAC Mechanical, Inc. | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was working from a 10-foot ladder, cutting into a copper line. A blast of pressurized air was released from the line and the employee fell, landing on the concrete floor 8 feet below. He suffered injuries to the head, back, and spine. | |||||
2018-09-25 | Rosenberg | Texas | Classic Chevrolet Sugar Land | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell off a ladder while hanging banners at a community event, suffering a contusion on his pelvis and requiring stitches between his left middle and ring fingers. | |||||
2018-09-20 | Rosenberg | Texas | Benedettini Cabinetry | Wrist(s) and arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was helping to install routers under a table when the on switch was hit, causing the router to start and lacerate the employee from the wrist to the upper forearm. The router was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident. | |||||
2017-01-25 | Rosenberg | Texas | Digco Utility Services | Upper and lower limb(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
The injured employee was standing at the edge of an excavation when an excavator hit a natural gas line while digging resulting in a fire. The injured employee suffered first degree burns to the lower right arm and thigh. | |||||
2017-01-21 | Rosenberg | Texas | Williams Brothers Construction | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was helping to direct a trackhoe in placing 30-foot concrete barriers on a roadway when a barrier fell on his left foot, partially amputating his pinky toe. | |||||
2016-02-12 | Rosenberg | Texas | Advanced Cellular Solutions, LLC | Multiple body parts | Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system |
An employee had replaced an antenna on a cell phone tower. As he was making his way down the inside section of the tower, he tried to make his way around an obstacle. He went to the outside of the tower to finish the climb down. The employee lost his footing and fell approximately 40 to 50 feet to the ground, suffering a shattered ankle, knee damage, a swollen right arm, and lacerations/contusions to the face. He was equipped and wearing fall protection at the time. | |||||
2015-03-19 | Rosenberg | Texas | Rockford Corporation | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was stepping down from the bus when she slipped and landed on her bottom backside. The employee attempted to get up and slipped again, hitting her left side. She was hospitalized with a fractured rib that punctured her lung. | |||||
2015-03-07 | Rosenberg | Texas | North Houston Pole Line, LLC | Brain | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, roadway |
An employee was riding on the back of a company pickup truck. As the driver took a right-hand turn, the employee fell off and suffered head trauma. |