Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-16	San Antonio	Tx	Crown Lift Trucks	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was delivering forklift parts to a battery manufacturer when he misstepped and fell to the ground while exiting the van. The employee sustained a left tibia fracture and a dislocated knee.
2021-11-04	San Antonio	Tx	VT San Antonio Aerospace, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was aligning a brace on the landing gear of an airplane to bolt into place. The brace was moved and his right middle finger was caught in the bolt hole. The fingertip was medically amputated.
2021-11-03	San Antonio	Tx	Pierce Sitework	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An excavator had been used to lift a concrete cone to an upper level. When the cone was in place, an employee climbed up it to release the chains securing it to the excavator's coupler. The coupler's jaws closed on his foot, amputating five toes.
2021-11-01	San Antonio	Tx	Moore Supply	Wrist(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting ties on a bundle of PVC pipes when the knife moved back and lacerated his wrist.
2021-10-28	San Antonio	Tx	Costa Solutions, LLC.	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was walking into work from his vehicle when he was hit by a semi-truck in a loading/unloading zone. He suffered broken bones.
2021-10-02	San Antonio	Tx	UPS	Fingertip(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
An employee was delivering a package to a resident when the resident's dog came up to the employee from behind and bit their left little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-09-29	San Antonio	Tx	Triple S Steel Supply	Nonclassifiable	Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
While walking to his workstation, an employee was stabbed by another employee.
2021-09-28	San Antonio	Tx	Hogan Dedicated Services, LLC	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was beginning to unload a trailer. When he removed a crossbar in the trailer that had been stabilizing some packages during transport, the packages fell. He was knocked out of the trailer to the ground and suffered a broken leg.
2021-09-23	San Antonio	Tx	ALLIED FEEDS, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was transferring grain when their left hand contacted a running grain auger, resulting in a fractured middle finger that required hospitalization.
2021-09-15	San Antonio	Tx	Improved Piping Products Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was moving a hydraulic clamp. His right hand was caught in a pinch point created by the piston, and the ring fingertip was amputated.
2021-09-14	San Antonio	Tx	CRAM ROOFING COMPANY, INC.	Upper arm(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
And employee was removing a corrugated metal roof panel with a claw hammer and chisel. A metal shard shot from the hammer and punctured the employee's upper arm.
2021-09-09	San Antonio	Tx	Steves and Sons, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee had been placing labels on a pallet of doors. A pallet of doors fell off a forklift that was moving in reverse and hit the employee on the back causing contusions.
2021-09-02	San Antonio	Tx	Cribley Enterprises, Inc.	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was spreading gravel on top of a building when a mini loader drove onto his leg and broke it.
2021-08-24	San Antonio	Tx	HEB Grocery Company, LP	Thigh(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was operating a powered pallet jack on a loading dock. The pallet jack collided with a forklift, and the employee suffered a broken femur.
2021-08-02	San Antonio	Tx	Area Wide Protective, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
Three employees were doing highway work when a vehicle went past the barricades and hit them. Two of the three were hospitalized: one (who had been picking up barrels on the grass by the highway) suffered a broken femur and the other (who had been cracking down an arrow board) suffered a head contusion, a shoulder separation, and a shoulder fracture.
2021-07-30	San Antonio	Tx	Hansco Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a 6-foot ladder while removing debris from a ceiling. A piece of cement fell from the ceiling and the employee lost his balance and fell off the ladder, resulting in broken ribs and an injured wrist.
2021-07-24	San Antonio	Tx	Red McCombs	Hand(s)	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was on a break after working on a vehicle. When the employee lit a cigarette, brake cleaner on the employee's hands caused the employee's gloves to ignite. The employee's hands were burned.
2021-07-23	San Antonio	Tx	Keystone Concrete	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was holding plywood form work while another employee was using a wrecking bar. The plywood form struck the employee's right middle finger, causing an amputation to the fingertip.
2021-07-21	San Antonio	Tx	Service Mechanical Group, LLC	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was working on a motor condenser when he received an electrical shock, knocking him backward and resulting in a dislocated shoulder. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time of the incident.
2021-07-03	San Antonio	Tx	Magnolia Pancake Haus	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was working with a sausage stamper and amputated part of her left middle finger.
2021-07-01	San Antonio	Tx	UPS	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee had been unloading parcels. The employee was hospitalized with severe dehydration.
2021-06-25	San Antonio	Tx	Banfield Pet Hospital #1396	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
An employee was bitten on her finger by a cat and was later hospitalized.
2021-06-22	San Antonio	Tx	The Bubble Bath Car Wash	Foot (feet)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was power washing a sidewalk inside a carwash when the washer hose wrapped around the employee, pulling him and causing him to spin down the carwash tunnel. The employee struck his feet against the track of the carwash, resulting in two foot fractures.
2021-06-18	San Antonio	Tx	Evenflow Home & Commercial Services, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
An employee was in the attic of a residence that was being renovated. Most of the attic floor had been removed. A 3.5' x 3.5' area was covered with a piece of sheetrock. The employee stepped on the sheetrock and fell through it 9 feet to the floor below and sustained contusions.
2021-06-16	San Antonio	Tx	Curran Contracting Company	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian vehicular incident
A road grader struck an employee that was performing surveying work. The employee suffered a broken hip, a broken right foot/ankle, and possibly broken ribs and was hospitalized.
2021-06-09	San Antonio	Tx	SAN ANTONIO LATH AND PLASTERING	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee's right hand was caught in a rotating cement mixer. Two of the employee's fingers were amputated.
2021-06-09	San Antonio	Tx	Mckee Foods Corporation	Nonclassifiable	Nonclassifiable
An employee was taking a break after helping to unload materials when they passed out, resulting in hospitalization.
2021-05-25	San Antonio	Tx	Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas, Inc.	Leg(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee as investigating a leak at roof level beside a parts rack at the final assembly area. As the employee was taking a picture of the leak, he stepped back into the drive path of a dolly train. The employee made contact with the third dolly in the train causing the employee to fall to the ground and fracture a leg.
2021-05-11	San Antonio	Tx	Du-Mor Enterprises	Head	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was cutting tree limbs when one of the branches fell, ricocheted off something, and struck the employee in the head. The employee was hospitalized with a large gash on their head and a possible back injury.
2021-04-27	San Antonio	Tx	CFS Forming Structures Co.,Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was on top of a platform (a truss for concrete). A piece of 2-by-4 wood caught his right hand, causing a partial amputation to the middle finger.
2021-04-24	San Antonio	Tx	United States Postal Service	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was caught by a pinch point resulting in a partial amputation of the left ring finger.
2021-04-20	San Antonio	Tx	R.J. Corman Railroad Switching Company LLC.	Hip(s)	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle
An employee was driving a company vehicle within the facility when the vehicle veered off the road and struck a light pole. The employee sustained injury to a wrist, and a dislocated hip.
2021-04-17	San Antonio	Tx	MID CITIES ERECTORS	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving steel beams to the ground when his hand got caught between two beams resulting in broken fingers.
2021-04-17	San Antonio	Tx	Kidd Roofing	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was climbing a ladder up to the roof of a single-story house. The ladder slid out from the employee, who fell to the concrete driveway about 8 feet below. He suffered a broken leg.
2021-04-12	San Antonio	Tx	Circle K	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on a wet floor while walking into a men's room to clean it. The employee suffered a broken right leg.
2021-04-09	San Antonio	Tx	Progreso LMMM San Antonio #10, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck against object or equipment
An employee was cleaning a meat saw and amputated their right index fingertip.
2021-04-07	San Antonio	Tx	Core & Main	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
Two employees were moving gate valves from one pallet to another. A gate valve slipped and one of the employees reached out to catch it from falling and pinched his right middle finger between the falling valve and another valve, severing the fingertip.
2021-04-07	San Antonio	Tx	Toennis & Toennis	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was removing an electrical panel when an arc flash occurred. The employee sustained electrical burns to the face, neck, and arms.
2021-04-01	San Antonio	Tx	Texas Fifth Wall Roofing Systems, Inc	Nonclassifiable	Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
An employee was performing a leak repair on the roof of a building. The employee's leg became caught on an object, causing the employee to trip and fall through a skylight approximately 15 feet to the concrete below. The employee sustained broken bones and contusions.
2021-03-27	San Antonio	Tx	Specialized Equipment Contractors	Multiple face locations	Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising
An employee of Specialized Equipment Contractors was operating a boom lift while performing work at a plant. While the employee was turning the boom lift around to bring it to a different location, he boomed up to miss some interferences on the ground level and was struck in the face by a ceiling fan. The employee sustained facial fractures, a broken jaw, and a dislocated tooth.
2021-03-20	San Antonio	Tx	HEB DISTRIBUTION CENTER	Eye(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was moving a pallet from an elevated shelf. A small piece of wood fell from the pallet, striking the employee in the eye.
2021-03-18	San Antonio	Tx	Altman Specialty Plant	Elbow(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee tripped while opening a shop door from the outside. He fell, breaking his left elbow and injuring his shoulder.
2021-03-14	San Antonio	Tx	Costa Solutions, LLC.	Ankle(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was turning an electric pallet jack when his foot was caught between the pallet jack and a pole resulting in an ankle fracture and laceration.
2021-03-12	San Antonio	Tx	Alfredo Olvera	Knee(s)	Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
An employee twisted his ankle while stepping down a level. He suffered a broken left knee and was hospitalized.
2021-03-05	San Antonio	Tx	Moore Supply	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
While loading a box truck, an employee stepped backward and fell 3-4 feet from the truck to the ground. The employee sustained broken ribs.
2021-03-03	San Antonio	Tx	Anemostat Door Company	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was bending metal in a 50-ton press brake. His finger was caught in a pinch point resulting in amputation of two fingertips and the loss of two fingernails.
2021-03-01	San Antonio	Tx	Securitas Security Services	Forehead	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee tripped and fell while walking on the sidewalk, striking the left side of his face on the sidewalk. The employee suffered a laceration above his left eye that resulted in hospitalization.
2021-02-24	San Antonio	Tx	Sundt Construction, Inc.	Multiple foot (feet) locations	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
A crew was removing steel beams from the work area using a fork lift. There were 10-foot and 30-foot sections of steel beams stacked on dunnage next to each other. After allowing employees to clear approximately 25 feet away from the lift, the forklift operator began to lift a 10-foot section of steel beam. The bottom left flange of the 10-foot beam being lifted caught the top flange of the adjacent 30-foot beam, causing it to fall off the dunnage and onto an employee's foot. The employee's left
2021-02-20	San Antonio	Tx	Dynamic Systems, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was installing a metal air handler hood. It would not fit properly, so he wedged a 2-inch by 4-inch piece of wood in. As he was about to press it with a scissor lift, the wedge slipped out and the hood caught his left middle finger amputating it at the knuckle.
2021-02-19	San Antonio	Tx	Bellezza Granite Co.	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was loading a piece of granite onto a 3' high truck bed. The employee slipped and fell to the ground, breaking his right leg.
2021-02-01	San Antonio	Tx	P&S Scale Co Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee drove up the hill in the back lot. When he got out of his truck, it rolled downhill and the driver's side door knocked the employee over.
2021-01-13	San Antonio	Tx	PJS of Texas at San Antonio (Professional Janitorial Service)	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped over a box of fluorescent light bulbs while exiting a maintenance closet. She fell to the ground, injuring her right hip.
2021-01-13	San Antonio	Tx	SAN ANTONIO ZOO	BODY SYSTEMS	Stings and venomous bites
While replacing a venomous snake's water bowl, the snake struck an employee from the opposite side of the exhibit and bit their finger.
2021-01-10	San Antonio	Tx	Progreso LMMM San Antonio #11, LLC	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a hand mixer in a bakery. The mixer's blades caught and lacerated her hand. She was hospitalized.
2020-10-19	San Antonio	Tx	GPM Investments	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
An employee was assaulted by a customer during an argument. The employee sustained a broken finger, a cut, and bruises.
2020-10-08	San Antonio	Tx	Tower Semiconductor Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee's hand came into contact with a pinch point on a stepper (a machine that moved wafers during semiconductor manufacturing), and the machine degloved one of the employee's fingers to the knuckle. The finger was later partially amputated.
2020-10-06	San Antonio	Tx	R.J. Corman Railroad Switching Company LLC.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was transitioning from the B deck of a rail car to the rail car side ladder. The employee lost his grip on the ladder and fell approximately six feet striking his backside on the hood of a parked shuttle pickup truck.
2020-09-24	San Antonio	Tx	Brinks Incorporated	Upper and lower limb(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was walking across the warehouse and was struck by and run over by a forklift that was operating in reverse. The employee sustained a fractured right shoulder and left leg.
2020-09-05	San Antonio	Tx	Taco Cabana	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was cooking beans and suffered burns to the stomach area.
2020-08-28	San Antonio	Tx	TWC ARCHITECTURAL MOULDING	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was stacking lumber coming out of a moulder. A bundle of MDF slipped off the front of a forklift, hitting the cart holding the lumber. The employee was pinned between the lumber and the moulder, suffering a broken lower left leg.
2020-08-14	San Antonio	Tx	Discount Tire	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was mounting a tire. The tire machine robot arm's head was pressing against the edge of the lip of the wheel; it then slipped off the wheel and down onto the tire, pinching the employee's right little finger against the tire rim. The finger was amputated.
2020-08-11	San Antonio	Tx	Kay Jewelers #1591	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a ladder while removing stock from a shelf. The employee suffered a broken left leg.
2020-08-06	San Antonio	Tx	MAREK BROTHERS SYSTEMS INC	Tooth (teeth)	Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle
An employee broke their teeth on the railing of a boom lift while attempting to navigate the lift onto a curb.
2020-08-05	San Antonio	Tx	IRT Construction Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was replacing forks on a forklift when the forks crushed his ring finger, causing a partial amputation to the fingertip.
2020-07-24	San Antonio	Texas	Urban Concrete Contractors, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
After picking up trash around the work zone an employee was hospitalized for heat stress.
2020-07-21	San Antonio	Texas	West Texas Boring, LLC	Multiple body parts	Excavation or trenching cave-in
An employee of West Texas Boring was 2.5 feet from the edge of a pit trying to measure the distance of the water line. The ground gave way under his feet and he slid down into the pit. The employee was buried up to his waist in approximately 4 cubic yards of heavy rock and dirt. He sustained fractures to the ribs and a leg.
2020-07-20	San Antonio	Texas	SA Creative Concrete L.P.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was on a wooden ladder climbing to the second floor of an apartment complex. The ladder gave way, causing the employee to fall to the ground. He sustained fractured ribs.
2020-07-19	San Antonio	Texas	Coca Cola	Foot (feet)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a pallet jack in the warehouse when his foot was caught between the standing platform of the pallet jack and a support column. The employee was hospitalized with a crushed right foot, requiring surgery.
2020-07-15	San Antonio	Texas	Lone Star Bakery Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell while entering a warehouse. The employee was hospitalized with a lower back injury.
2020-07-10	San Antonio	Texas	Gate Precast Company	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was setting hollow-core plank at a new construction site. The employee fell from the third floor to the second floor, suffering a broken rib and a broken bone in the back.
2020-07-02	San Antonio	Texas	Whataburger Resturants Llc.	Nonclassifiable	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was cleaning oil fryers. A hose broke off and sprayed hot oil onto the employee, who suffered multiple burns.
2020-07-01	San Antonio	Texas	Comet Signs LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was lowering a metal sign into place when the sign crushed two of the employee's fingers.
2020-06-29	San Antonio	Texas	Arnold Oil Company	Hand(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was doing maintenance work on a raised automotive lift. The lift's automated locking mechanism failed and it dropped, trapping his hands beneath it. Both hands were severely lacerated. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-06-11	San Antonio	Texas	Durrset Amigos, Ltd.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
An employee was operating a forklift to unload a truck when the truck moved, causing the employee to fall to the ground and suffer a spinal injury.
2020-06-11	San Antonio	Texas	Manchester, Inc.	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was removing a lug on a cylinder mount. He fell from the railing, outside the shredder, approximately 12 feet onto concrete and scrap metal. The employee was unconscious and sustained internal bleeding and head injuries.
2020-06-03	San Antonio	Texas	Caterpillar Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from an excavator, suffering broken ribs and a punctured lung.
2020-05-31	San Antonio	Texas	Galaxy Builders, Ltd.	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was pulling the foot from a fence lag when he lost his balance and fell over the side of an 8-foot wall. He broke his left arm and was hospitalized.
2020-05-23	San Antonio	Texas	Bottling Group, LLC	Multiple mouth locations	Ingestion of harmful substance
While conducting a taste test, an employee mistakenly grabbed a sample cup that contained sodium hydroxide, incurring chemical burns to the mouth and lip. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-05-17	San Antonio	Texas	HEB Corporate 494	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting boneless meat on a boneless meat band saw when the blade amputated the employee's right index finger to the end of the nail.
2020-05-05	San Antonio	Texas	SACC, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was setting a ring on a manhole when the ring came down on and crushed his left middle fingertip, amputating the underside and half of his fingernail.
2020-05-05	San Antonio	Texas	Napco Pre-Cast	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was trimming a sheet of plywood on a table saw. The blade caught his fingers, amputating the tip of his right index finger.
2020-04-29	San Antonio	Texas	Southwest Research Institute	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was parking a powered industrial truck (PIT) when he noticed that the left tine was not aligned properly. He turned off the truck with the tines elevated in order to reposition the tine so that it could be securely lowered to the ground for the evening. The truck was parked over an unused metal PIT attachment. He grabbed the horizontal section of the tine with his right hand and as he began to place pressure on the tine to move it toward the center, the tine dislodged from the carria
2020-04-15	San Antonio	Texas	Bolner's Fiesta Products	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was found under a pile of racks, pallets, and salt after a rack in the warehouse broke and fell on the employee. He suffered ACL and tibia injuries.
2020-04-03	San Antonio	Texas	Urban Concrete Contractors, Ltd.	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was loading a piece of equipment onto his flatbed delivery truck when he slipped and fell to the ground, dislocating his right arm from his shoulder.
2020-03-20	San Antonio	Texas	DEPLOYED RESOURCES, LLC	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
While picking up equipment outside, an employee slipped on a wet, wooden deck and fell. The employee sustained a broken leg.
2020-03-07	San Antonio	Texas	M&M Contracting Ltd	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking at the job site when he tripped over some material and sustained a broken leg.
2020-03-02	San Antonio	Texas	Hallmark Marketing	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
While working in the backroom, an employee's foot/feet got tangled in plastic wrap that was on a pallet. This caused her to fall and strike both the floor and a wooden pallet. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture below the knee.
2020-03-01	San Antonio	Texas	H-E-B, LP Corp #80712	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee lost balance while operating an electric pallet jack. The employee fell from the pallet jack and their left foot was caught between the pallet jack and a pallet. The employee was hospitalized with an open fracture of the left big toe.
2020-02-21	San Antonio	Texas	Drury Construction Company, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a table saw when it kicked back while the employee was cutting wood. The employee suffered an amputation of the right pinky fingertip.
2020-02-18	San Antonio	Texas	Austin Plastering Solutions	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a cement mixer when the mixer paddle struck the employee's finger, resulting in an amputation to the right index finger.
2020-02-05	San Antonio	Texas	Street Foundation Drilling	Multiple body parts	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was working near a rebar cage when it came loose and struck the employee. The employee suffered brain bleeding, fractured vertebrae, and broken ribs.
2020-02-03	San Antonio	Texas	The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was changing a tire on a school bus. While the spare was being lowered from under the bus, the ratchet strap came loose and pinched off the tip of the employee's index finger.
2020-01-27	San Antonio	Texas	GR Fresh Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee suffered a hernia while picking up a steel ramp for a forklift.
2020-01-27	San Antonio	Texas	Alamo Cafe	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting fajitas with a knife and amputated the tip of his left thumb.
2020-01-20	San Antonio	Texas	VA Electrical Contractros, LLC	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was running electrical wire through a panel box when an arc flash caused second degree burns to his face and wrist.
2020-01-06	San Antonio	Texas	Maverick of Texas Construction	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was concrete form stakes with a circular saw. The sawblade hit a piece of the sawhorse table, causing the saw to jump back and cut the employee's left middle finger (including tendons and bone). The finger was amputated to the first knuckle; the employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
2019-09-19	San Antonio	Texas	Vulcan Materials Company	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee climbed onto a collector conveyor belt to pry a large rock out from under a feeder grate. The plant was started and the employee was pulled down onto the conveyor under another feeder conveyor. He fell clear after about four seconds of the belt moving under him, having suffered several broken ribs and an internal injury.
2019-09-16	San Antonio	Texas	Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
While clearing a parts jam on a buckle base machine, an employee's finger was caught and lacerated in the probe.
2019-09-16	San Antonio	Texas	Toyota Motor Manufacturing Visitor Center	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was shocked while changing out a motor on an offline washer. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-09-05	San Antonio	Texas	Bluebonnet Foods L.P.	Elbow(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
While using a chemical to clean equipment, an employee suffered a chemical burn to the elbow.