Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-02-23 | Southlake | Tx | Bartlett Tree Experts | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee had been pruning a tree using an arborist rope saddle and climbing equipment. While descending to the ground, the knot securing his rope to the harness became untied. The employee fell 15 feet onto a landscaped area of the property. The employee was hospitalized with possible broken ribs and shoulder and lower back injuries. | |||||
2020-02-20 | Southlake | Texas | UtillTex Construction, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking to his truck to get tools when he slipped in mud while walking down an incline. His right foot became stuck in the mud, resulting in a broken fibula and tibia. | |||||
2019-09-23 | Southlake | Texas | Russo Corporation | Thigh(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was operating a forklift loaded with rebar. The front left wheel of the forklift hit a lower/uneven surface, causing the forklift to tip over. As the employee was getting away from the forklift, the fork or the rebar struck him and knocked him to the ground. He suffered a broken right femur, severe bruising of the right arm, and cuts and scratches on the face. | |||||
2019-07-10 | Southlake | Texas | Brightview Landscape Services | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was line trimming and edging at multiple properties throughout the day. When he returned back to the branch at 3:00 PM, he was showing signs of a heat illness. After about an hour, the employee's condition did not improve and he was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-05-25 | Southlake | Texas | MDG Partners | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing onto the dump truck to tie down trash, slipped and fell to the ground sustaining a head injury. | |||||
2018-05-16 | Southlake | Texas | Builders First Source | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing on a trailer to retrieve a hardware bag when the employee tripped and lost footing, falling off the trailer to the ground. The employee suffered fractures to the left wrist and left ankle. | |||||
2018-03-17 | Southlake | Texas | HEB Grocery Co., LP | Ankle(s) | Slip without fall |
An employee was pulling a manual pallet jack when he slipped on the floor and his right ankle was struck by the pallet jack, fracturing it. | |||||
2017-03-13 | Southlake | Texas | Darr Equipment | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
Employee was bitten by a poisonous spider while cleaning a forklift. | |||||
2017-03-09 | Southlake | Texas | Auger Drilling, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was changing an auger bit on a drilling rig when the employee noticed the pin hole was filled with dirt. The employee used his right middle finger to clear the hole when the Kelly bar moved and amputated his finger. |