Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-05-21 | Smithville | Georgia | Olam Peanut Shelling Company | Brain | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was speaking with another employee when a forklift came through a roll-up door and struck him. He was hospitalized with a head injury and possible fracture. | |||||
2020-04-29 | Smithville | Texas | DRYMALLA CONSTRUCTION INC | Head and trunk | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was taking down the canopy over a walkway. When he stepped on a brace on the canopy, it gave way and he fell approximately 10 feet to the ground below. He suffered a fractured skull with intracranial bleeding and a T12 vertebra burst fracture. | |||||
2019-03-28 | Smithville | Arkansas | Grange-Calamine Water Association | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was checking the chlorinating system of water wells when the employee removed a section of tubing from the chlorinator and inhaled chlorine gas. | |||||
2018-05-10 | Smithville | Texas | T & J Torque & Test, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a hydraulic pump when his left pinky fingertip was smashed in the valve, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2018-05-08 | Smithville | Texas | Brookshire Brothers, Inc. | Knee(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment |
An employee was stocking milk when his right knee hit shelving. His injury later became infected, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-08-25 | Smithville | Texas | K&H Fabricators, Inc. | Hand(s) | Bites and stings |
An employee was putting on his welding gloves when a spider bit his right hand inside the glove. The bite became swollen and required hospitalization. | |||||
2016-07-07 | Smithville | Texas | Wayne Walch Drywall, Inc. | Head and neck | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was working from a ladder installed on the top of a scaffolding system when the ladder and scaffolding pushed away from the wall, causing the employee to fall approximately 20 feet. The employee suffered a broken neck and a concussion. |