| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-23 | San Marcos | Tx | San Marcos Treatment Center | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c. |
| An employee was talking to a patient when he slammed his bedroom door. The door caught the employee's right hand. The employee was hospitalized and her middle and ring fingers were amputated. | |||||
| 2021-09-24 | San Marcos | Tx | HEB Distribution Center | Thigh(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee was operating a stand-up forklift carrying a raised load. The forklift struck a structure above it in a warehouse. It fell over and landed on the employee, who suffered a laceration to an artery in the inner thigh. | |||||
| 2021-06-17 | San Marcos | Tx | Gunnarson Outdoor Advertising | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was taking pictures of a tree limb that had been obstructing a billboard when they fell to the ground, resulting in a back injury. | |||||
| 2021-06-07 | San Marcos | Tx | Lundberg Masonry | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning out mud from a gas-powered masonry mixer. Once the mud was dislodged, the mixer's paddles began to move and caught his right arm. He suffered an injury to the forearm. | |||||
| 2020-07-17 | San Marcos | Texas | Pavestone LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was moving concrete barrier blocks when their pinky finger got caught between two blocks. The finger was fractured and required surgery. | |||||
| 2019-09-19 | San Marcos | Texas | Sam's Club 4958 | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was cleaning a spill bucket at a fuel station. A truck struck her and threw her 8-10 feet. She suffered a head laceration, a broken collarbone, and a dislocated hip. | |||||
| 2019-09-16 | San Marcos | Texas | Marco Tulio Ortiz Chacon | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was picking trash and throwing it out over a balcony railing when the railing gave out. The employee and the railing fell approximately 20 feet to the ground. He fractured his right wrist, forearm, and leg. | |||||
| 2019-08-21 | San Marcos | Texas | TAS Commercial Concrete | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was pulling wire mesh into place on a roof deck when the employee fell 14 feet, 7 inches, through a cover-over hole to the concrete floor below. The employee suffered contusions and fractures to the right ankle, right thigh, and L4 vertebra. | |||||
| 2019-08-19 | San Marcos | Texas | The Saxton Group, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On August 19, 2019, an employee was slicing chicken on a meat slicer in automatic mode. He was trying to move the fence carriage closer to the meat to better hold it in place when the machine pushed his left thumb tip into the blade. As a result, he sustained an amputation to his left thumb tip. | |||||
| 2019-07-17 | San Marcos | Texas | EPIC Piping, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was rolling a piece of carbon steel pipe from a conveyor onto a storage rack. The pipe was 14 inches in diameter, approximately 65 inches long and weighed about 300 pounds. When the pipe shifted and began to fall between the supports of the storage rack, the employee attempted to regain control of the falling pipe. The employee’s fingers were caught between the pipe and the storage rack resulting in lacerations to the middle and ring fingers of the employee’s left hand. | |||||
| 2019-07-11 | San Marcos | Texas | Webber LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee became dizzy while building forms along an interstate. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration. | |||||
| 2019-05-03 | San Marcos | Texas | HEB SAN MARCO RETAIL SUPPORT CENTER | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was staging pallets with a double selection pallet jack. The employee was reversing the pallet jack and making a turn when his right thumb was crushed between the pallet jack and a stationary rack. | |||||
| 2019-04-16 | San Marcos | Texas | HEB SAN MARCO RETAIL SUPPORT CENTER | Lower leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
| An employee was shelving a shipment of pallets with a pallet jack that had been staged in the staging area. The employee was returning from the shelves to pick up another pallet when she was struck by a forklift at an intersection. She fractured her lower left leg. | |||||
| 2019-02-06 | San Marcos | Texas | Cotechno Group, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was modifying a weaving machine to run a new type of fiberglass product. A bolt dropped before the machine's guards had been replaced; as the employee was retrieving it, his right hand was caught in the belt and pulley system and his right middle fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2019-01-25 | San Marcos | Texas | Goodwill Industries of Central Texas | Arm(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was cleaning a restroom when the door struck her foot, causing her to fall to the floor and break her arm. She was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-07-29 | San Marcos | Texas | GARY JOB CORPS | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was leaving a top bunk. As he swung his legs over the edge of the bunk, the fitted sheet caught his leg and he fell, striking his right knee on the tile floor. He suffered a spiral fracture of the distal femur. | |||||
| 2018-05-31 | San Marcos | Texas | El Milagro of Texas | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee's right hand was crushed in an oven sheet line roller. | |||||
| 2018-05-29 | San Marcos | Texas | Goodyear Tire & Rubber | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was lowering a vehicle on a jack when his finger was caught between the jack and vehicle resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2018-05-23 | San Marcos | Texas | Carter's | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was closing a money safe door when the employee's left index finger was pinched in the door, partially amputating the fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-04-14 | San Marcos | Texas | Liberty Star Construction LLC | Brain | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was finishing up on an interior wall from a baker scaffold when the scaffold fell over. The employee fell over 10 feet and suffered a head injury. | |||||
| 2018-02-13 | San Marcos | Texas | Gary Job Corps | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| A student was using a lathe to polish aluminum with sandpaper. The bandage on his right hand got caught in the lathe resulting in amputation of the right index finger at the distal phalanx. | |||||
| 2018-02-02 | San Marcos | Texas | Costa Solutions, LLC. | Foot (feet) | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
| An employee was riding a pallet jack when he tried to stop the jack using his foot. The pallet jack then crushed his right foot. | |||||
| 2017-08-25 | San Marcos | Texas | Philips Lighting | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using an industrial drill press to add a 1" hole into aluminum castings. As he was removing the casting from the work surface, the glove on his right hand was caught by the rotating drill bit, pulling his little finger on to the cutting edge of the bit. His right little finger was amputated between the end of the finger and the base of the nail, above the first joint, with bone loss. | |||||
| 2017-08-21 | San Marcos | Texas | HEB Grocery Company, LP | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking with a cane when she tripped on the cane and fell, breaking her right femur. | |||||
| 2017-06-30 | San Marcos | Texas | Ingram Readymix | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was climbing a ladder when a rung broke. The employee fell to the ground, suffering a broken wrist and laceration. | |||||
| 2017-03-06 | San Marcos | Texas | El Milagro of Texas, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was conducting research and development activities. He was attempting a different recipe for cooking corn using a pressure cooker. He opened the pressure cooker after the gauge returned to zero. After he removed the lid, leftover pressure caused the hot water and corn to splash on him, burning 42% of his body. | |||||
| 2017-03-01 | San Marcos | Texas | Lennox National Account Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was checking the belt on an AC unit when the belt suddenly turned on and amputated part of his right middle finger. | |||||
| 2017-02-20 | San Marcos | Texas | Epic Piping, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was moving a load of pipes when it fell and broke his left index finger. He was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2017-01-03 | San Marcos | Texas | HEB Grocery Company, LP | Pelvis | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| Two employees were performing preventive maintenance on an elevator table device used for stacking and palletizing totes. One employee was adjusting a braking mechanism/motor while the other was below the table. The braking mechanism was accidentally released, causing the table to fall on the second employee and pinning him below. He suffered a fractured pelvis. | |||||
| 2016-09-07 | San Marcos | Texas | San Marcos Treatment Center | Face | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
| An employee was attacked by a patient and was hospitalized for multiple facial contusions. | |||||
| 2016-06-06 | San Marcos | Texas | El Milagro of Texas, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was picking up sample bags of corn from shelves adjacent to a semi-truck. The semi-truck moved forward and struck the employee's ankle resulting in an injury that required surgery. | |||||
| 2016-04-02 | San Marcos | Texas | Gary Job Corps Center | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was stacking weights when a weight fell on and partially amputated his finger. | |||||
| 2015-11-09 | San Marcos | Texas | Berry Aviation | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was unloading trash into a dumpster from the back of a pickup truck. As he stepped down from the truck, his foot slipped on the bumper. He fell backwards, breaking three ribs and lacerating his head. | |||||
| 2015-06-30 | San Marcos | Texas | Pave Stone LLC | Upper arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee reached in to pull a brick out and got his right arm caught. The employee's injuries included a torn bicep, small cuts and a blood clot in the arm. | |||||
| 2015-06-11 | San Marcos | Texas | Austin Materials | Nonclassifiable | Vehicle or machinery fire |
| A crew was preparing to pave a road. While warming up, the rear of the paving machine caught on fire and burned the employee sitting in the seat. | |||||