Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-05-12 | Schertz | Tx | Asphalt Inc., LLC | Thigh(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was laying hot asphalt during road construction and was standing on the rear catwalk of a laydown asphalt paver operating the controls. A subcontractor dump truck backed into the paver and pinned the employee between the paver controls and the dump truck. The employee suffered bruises and internal bleeding to both upper legs. | |||||
2020-05-05 | Schertz | Texas | O'Reilly Auto Parts | Head | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a step ladder, placing an auto part on a shelf. He fell off the ladder and struck his head on the floor, suffering a head laceration. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-01-24 | Schertz | Texas | Axel Royal, LLC | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
A maintenance employee was attempting to repair/replace an inoperative breaker to a hot oil furnace when an electrical arc flash occurred, causing first degree burns to the employee's hands. | |||||
2018-08-18 | Schertz | Texas | PSP INDUSTRIES | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was straightening an extension cord when his feet became caught in the cord and he fell to the cement ground, fracturing his right hip. | |||||
2018-07-24 | Schertz | Texas | Republic Services, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee started feeling ill during a trash pickup and threw up. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration and heat stress. | |||||
2018-07-14 | Schertz | Texas | Ercistad, Inc. | Head | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was sweeping the floor inside a building. A conduit was being installed from the outside of the building; a 4x6x5 piece of stone was jarred loose from the top of a masonry column above where the employee was sweeping. The stone fell 23 feet onto the employee's hard hat, penetrating the hat and lacerating his head. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-05-14 | Schertz | Texas | Pioneer Custom | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a jointer/lathe when a small strand from his protective gloves became caught in the machine. The small strand forced his right index finger into the blade of the rotary spindle and he sustained a partial amputation to his right index fingertip. | |||||
2017-03-27 | Schertz | Texas | Lowry Contracting, LLC | Thigh(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway |
An employee and crew were laying pipe in an easement when the employee backed into the roadway and was struck by the rear wheels of an 18-wheeler. The employee suffered a broken femur. | |||||
2016-07-13 | Schertz | Texas | Visionworks of America, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking to a meeting when she slipped on a dry erase marker that was on the floor and broke her leg. | |||||
2016-06-22 | Schertz | Texas | Holingsworth Logistics | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee went to move stacked interlocking metal baskets. The baskets were not fully interlocked and the interlock came down and pinched the employee's left index finger, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
2015-12-01 | Schertz | Texas | Media Displays, Inc. | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was on an outdoor sign, installing a vinyl. He was wearing a safety harness, and the lanyard was attached to a wooden part of the sign, which gave way. He fell 15 to 18 feet to the ground below, injuring his head and torso. | |||||
2015-09-18 | Schertz | Texas | H-E-B Grocery Company, LP | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was leaving the prep area, tripped over a mat, and fell on her side fracturing the hip joint of the left leg. | |||||
2015-06-08 | Schertz | Texas | Mortellaro's Nursery Ltd | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
The right index finger of an employee working on a plant potting assembly line got caught between a drive chain for a carousel and a metal guide wheel, resulting in an amputation down to the first knuckle from the fingertip. | |||||
2015-04-12 | Schertz | Texas | Republic National Distributing Company | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee operating a forklift drove up a wet ramp backwards. The forklift started to slide, so the employee put his foot out to lessen the impact. His left foot was crushed between the forklift and a pillar. |