Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-08-23 | Sumner | Texas | LOAD TRAIL LLC | Head and trunk | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was installing a cylinder underneath a trailer when a bolt on the conveyor came off and the trailer's back end came down and struck the employee. The employee suffered a fractured skull and broken ribs. | |||||
2017-01-26 | Sumner | Texas | PJ Trailers Manufacturing Co., Inc. | Arm(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee unlatched a trailer ramp to let water drain from the trailer after washing it. When the employee attempted to put the ramp back into position to latch it back up, the ramp fell on the employee's arm and fractured it. | |||||
2015-12-18 | Sumner | Texas | LOAD TRAIL LLC | Thigh(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee accidentally shot himself in the right thigh with a pneumatic nail gun and was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-08-25 | Sumner | Texas | PJ Trailers Manufacturing Co., Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
A crane operator in the stacking bay was attempting to lift a trailer using a 7.5 ton crane. The employee had his hand on the chain to keep the trailer hooked up in the correct location. When the slack on the chain came up, the employee pinched his left fingers between the chain and the trailer breaking the left index and middle fingers. |