| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-07 | Sulphur Springs | Tx | Load Trail | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was investigating a possible malfunction in a vacuum cleaner system for removing powder paint from paint booths. While his right hand was in the discharge outlet of a rotary airlock valve on a dust collector, the blade inside the valve caught his glove and pulled his hand further in. He suffered partial amputations to two fingers, losing half of each one. | |||||
| 2021-05-21 | White Sulphur Springs | Wv | Greenbrier Resort | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was preparing to repaint the indoor pool. The pool had been drained and a scaffold was erected inside of the pool. The employee leaned over the railing to drop a broom down to another employee working below when the midrail on the scaffold failed causing the employee to fall 12 feet before striking cross bracing and then fall another three feet to the bottom of the pool. The employee was hospitalized for a broken wrist and internal abdominal injuries. | |||||
| 2021-03-24 | Sulphur Springs | Tx | Brydl Contracting, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was mixing two-cycle fuel for a concrete saw when sparks from concrete sawing ignited the gasoline vapors, causing a fire and burning the employee. The employee sustained severe burns to the hands, neck, and face. | |||||
| 2021-03-15 | Sulphur Springs | Tx | Brookshire Grocery Company | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting a sirloin steak with a band saw when the sawblade amputated the tip of a finger on his right hand. | |||||
| 2020-09-09 | Sulphur Springs | Tx | BEF Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was loading corrugated sheets into a box former from a 24" platform beside the equipment. As he was descending from the platform, he swung under the top rail to the floor and momentarily lost his balance. His right hand then entered the maintenance access opening on the backside of the box former, resulting in a partial digit amputation at the middle phalanx of the right index finger. | |||||
| 2020-08-04 | Sulphur Springs | Tx | AK Gillis & Sons, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee fell while changing a flat truck tire and their fingers got caught between the truck's fender and the tire. The employee suffered a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2019-04-10 | White Sulphur Springs | West Virgini | The Greenbrier | Multiple trunk locations | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was removing a metal roof at a stable. The employee fell through an opening left by a removed roof panel, landing in a horse stall about 15 feet below. The employee suffered injuries to the back and pelvis and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-01-07 | Sulphur Springs | Texas | Grocery Supply | Lower leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
| An employee was operating a standing tugger, which came into contact with a forklift. The corner of a pallet hit the employee's leg, breaking the tibia. | |||||
| 2018-09-25 | Sulphur Springs | Texas | BEF Food, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was shoveling inedible scraps from the floor into a small tote to dispose of them when his hand reached up and into a meat grinder's moving auger, resulting in the amputation of his left middle, ring, and pinky fingers. | |||||
| 2018-02-28 | Sulphur Springs | Texas | Saputo Dairy Foods USA, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was performing preventative maintenance on an actuator when an air fitting came out of the valve, causing the actuator to come down on the employee's right index finger. The employee suffered an amputation of the right index finger between the first and second knuckles. | |||||
| 2018-02-27 | Sulphur Springs | Texas | Berger Horticultural Product | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee was closing the door on his loader when his left thumb was caught between the vertical frame and the door. His left thumb tip was amputated. | |||||
| 2018-01-11 | Sulphur Springs | Texas | Berger Horticultural Products, LTD | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was pointing to the belt and pulley of a bagging machine, explaining adjustments that were made previously in the day, when his right index finger was pulled between the belt and the pulley, amputating his fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-08-08 | Sulphur Springs | Texas | Nordstrom Valve | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating an up-cut saw when it amputated three of his right-hand fingers. | |||||
| 2017-04-14 | Sulphur Springs | Texas | BEF Foods | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was pulling empty packages from a flow wrapper machine. Her right hand was beneath the machine when it was struck by the wheel, breaking her middle finger. | |||||
| 2017-03-30 | Sulphur Springs | Texas | FLOWSERVE CORPORATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was conducting a test on a valve, located on a trolley system. The valve is hydrostatically tested. The valve fell off the trolley system and landed on the employee, resulting in amputation of the employee's index and ring fingers. | |||||
| 2016-04-10 | Sulphur Springs | Texas | Saputo Dairy Foods USA, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was showing a maintenance man an issue with a machine. As the employee was pointing to the problem, his finger was pulled into the rotating belt and pulley, amputating his right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-01-14 | Sulphur Springs | Texas | Ag-Power, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| A maintenance employee slipped and fell from the side step while trying to wipe dew from a window on a telehandler, fracturing both wrists. | |||||
| 2015-02-17 | Sulphur Springs | Texas | Lowe's Home Centers, LLC. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| While folding a cardboard box an employee tripped and fell onto her hip on the concrete floor. | |||||