| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-24 | Sealy | Tx | Walmart Distribution Center | Hip(s) | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. |
| An employee was standing between a motorized pallet jack and an empty stack of pallets, filling an order. A forklift struck the stack of pallets, which pinched the employee against the pallet jack. The employee's hip was broken. | |||||
| 2020-04-15 | Sealy | Texas | VITAL LINK, INC. | Brain | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee was found on the concrete floor on his back unresponsive on 4-15-2020 at 4:00 PM. He had a bump on the back of his head and was hospitalized for a brain bleed. | |||||
| 2017-10-01 | Sealy | Texas | ACME BRICK COMPANY | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was manually rotating an extruder machine's flywheel to align the hole with a pin. The flywheel rolled, and the employee's right middle finger was caught between the extruder's belt and pulley, amputating it just behind the nail. | |||||
| 2017-01-19 | Sealy | Texas | Texas Disposal Systems | Head | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
| An employee was delivering a forklift when part of it broke off at the weld and the forklift fell 3 feet. The employee then hit his head on the bar support for the roll-over protection and suffered a laceration that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-09-05 | Sealy | Texas | The Daniel Group | Upper extremities | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a machine when his glove was caught between a roller and a belt, dislocating his right arm. | |||||
| 2015-10-21 | Sealy | Texas | Davey Tree Surgery Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Stings and venomous bites |
| An employee was bitten on the right index finger by a copperhead snake, resulting in hospitalization and treatment. | |||||
| 2015-03-30 | Sealy | Texas | TEXAS DISPOSAL SYSTEMS | Lower leg(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
| An employee was on a service call, replacing a sensor on a fleet truck. He stood on a battery box, and put his right leg on a cylinder to help hold his balance. His hands were occupied with hand tools in a position above his head. His left foot slipped, putting all of his body weight on his right foot and resulting in a fracture below the knee. | |||||
| 2015-01-17 | Sealy | Texas | International Paper | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| Employee was working on a load former unit. Employee hit the cycle button to retract the stripper plate while placing his hand on the cover plate. The stripper plate returned to the extended position and employees middle finger was caught by the machine, removing the tip of the finger and part of the finger nail. | |||||