| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-12 | Texas City | Tx | PNM Resources/TNMP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was working in a lift truck bucket, rewiring a transformer service weatherhead. As he repositioned the bucket, his left hand was pinched between it and the weatherhead. His middle finger was caught and amputated. | |||||
| 2021-06-09 | Texas City | Tx | Littlefield Brothers Concrete Construction | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode |
| On June 9, 2021, an employee developed a hernia while stretching to install plastic sheets. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-05-04 | Texas City | Tx | Blanchard Refining Company, LLC - Galveston Bay Refinery | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to other harmful substances |
| Hydrogen fluoride was released from piping near an alkylation unit's auxiliary acid dump drum. Two employees were exposed to the hydrogen fluoride and were hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-03-21 | Texas City | Tx | Taco Bell | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
| At the end of a shift on March 21, 2021, an employee developed back pain while lifting a container of lettuce. The employee was hospitalized, having suffered strains. | |||||
| 2020-06-15 | Texas City | Texas | Turner Specialty Services, L.L.C. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person |
| Two employees were removing a door from a control room to take out a refrigerator while another employee was lying on the ground removing screws to disassemble a countertop. The door was let go and it fell over, striking the employee that was lying on the ground. The injured employee was hospitalized with a broken lower left leg and a dislocated ankle. | |||||
| 2020-06-11 | Texas City | Texas | Entech Engineering Inc. | Forearm(s) | Explosion |
| An employee was conducting an emissions test of a nitrogen vaporizer unit inside an instrument test trailer when a pipe explosion occurred outside. Pieces of the steel pipe scattered in all directions, including toward the trailer. As a result, the employee suffered a fractured right radius bone, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2020-04-25 | Texas City | Texas | Nustar Energy, LP | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee sustained second degree steam burns to his upper right arm and right torso while operating a steam hose on a railcar. | |||||
| 2020-02-24 | Texas City | Texas | Blanchard Refining Company, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was executing the removal of the unloading arm coupling blind and was struck by the coupling blind. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture to the arm/wrist, fractured ribs, and amputation of the right index finger. | |||||
| 2019-06-19 | Texas City | Texas | Turner Industries Group | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| At 10:00 p.m., on June 19, 2019, an employee was helping a coworker line up a flange prior to bolt-up when he lost his footing and fell to the ground, fracturing his femur. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-06-18 | Texas City | Texas | Brock Group, Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was disassembling a scaffold and fell to a lower level. He suffered fractures to the left scapula, right forefoot, and right ankle. | |||||
| 2019-05-08 | Texas City | Texas | Transport Service Company | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was attempting to disconnect a trailer and stepped up onto the tractor's catwalk. He slipped on the wet surface and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a left hip fracture and multiple rib fractures. | |||||
| 2019-04-21 | Texas City | Texas | Momentive Performance Materials Inc | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee changed the gasket on top of a reactor and was descending from the top of the reactor (20 feet above ground) on a fixed ladder. At around 5 feet, the employee slipped and fell off the ladder, hitting the ground. The employee suffered a fractured L4 vertebra and a compressed disc. | |||||
| 2018-09-19 | Texas City | Texas | Crescent Engineering Co., Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee was shocked while removing the steel cover from an underground electric pull box. The employee lost consciousness. | |||||
| 2018-06-19 | Texas City | Texas | Webber, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was wrecking form work on the elevated deck portion of a structure. He was attempting to help a second employee lift a sheet of plywood when he fell through an unsupported open space and struck the scaffold underneath before hitting the ground. He fell a total of 15 feet and suffered six broken ribs and a punctured lung. | |||||
| 2018-04-28 | Texas City | Texas | Praxair Inc | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was coming down from a fixed ladder when he missed the last step, lost his balance, and fell to the ground, breaking his ankle. | |||||
| 2018-03-06 | Texas City | Texas | Marathon Petroleum Galveston Bay Refinery | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee was moving a panel switch to the open position on a 480-volt motor control center breaker when an electrical arc flash occurred, burning the employee's eyes, face, neck, and hands. | |||||
| 2018-01-09 | Texas City | Texas | Sprint Waste Services, LP | Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Injured by handheld object or equipment |
| An employee was trying to shift a palette using a cheater bar when the cheater bar gave way and hit his nose, breaking and lacerating it. | |||||
| 2017-02-09 | Texas City | Texas | C B & I Maintenance, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was removing a steel pot that was in the upright position. The steel pot was supported by its own weight on the ground. In trying to do so, the steel pot shifted and leaned to one side. The steel pot landed on a piece of cement wall that was adjacent to the steel pot. The employee's finger was caught between the steel pot and the cement wall. The employee's right middle finger was amputated at the last knuckle. | |||||
| 2017-01-09 | Texas City | Texas | Turnaround Welding Services, LLC | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c. |
| An employee was helping a carry deck crane operator deliver items to the field. He followed the crane in a golf cart to the fab tent to retrieve equipment. As he was walking out of the fab tent with a strap in his hand and looking down at the strap to perform a visual inspection, the crane operator was putting his outriggers down. They did not see each other and an outrigger caught the employee's big toe. The outrigger smashed the steel toe of his boot, splitting and breaking his big toe. | |||||
| 2016-09-07 | Texas City | Texas | Total Safety U. S., Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was threading and preparing to install a fire water pipe when several employees began to experience respiratory irritation. A visible plume of hydrofluoric acid gas was in the vicinity. The crew began evacuating the unit and an employee was hospitalized for treatment. | |||||
| 2016-08-19 | Texas City | Texas | Blanchard Refining Company LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee who was troubleshooting a level transmitter was found unconscious within the vicinity of a suspected hydrocarbon (H2S) release. | |||||
| 2016-08-07 | Texas City | Texas | Analytic Stress | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was working on the cam lock for a heat treating table when he suffered an electrical shock. | |||||
| 2016-07-23 | Texas City | Texas | Industrial Specialty Services, LLC | Hand(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee's hand was caught between a 4 x 4 and the reaction arm on a pneumatic torque wrench, suffering a contusion. | |||||
| 2016-06-15 | Texas City | Texas | BP | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| On June 15, 2016, an employee was inspecting a refrigeration compressor outside and began to feel unwell. He was hospitalized with heat stress. | |||||
| 2016-05-19 | Texas City | Texas | VALERO TEXAS CITY REFINERY | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was descending a ladder and lost his footing falling 12-15 feet. The employee sustained a broken left wrist, dislocated the right shoulder and fractured the right side of his face and jaw. | |||||
| 2016-01-22 | Texas City | Texas | O'Reilly Auto Parts Corps | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| While accessing a shelf in the storage room, an employee fell to the concrete ground and injured his right knee. He was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2016-01-11 | Texas City | Texas | Brand Energy Solutions | Multiple body parts | Fire |
| An employee was performing gouging operations on the internal surfaces of a vessel when a flash fire occurred. The employee received burns to the upper chest, arms, and legs (approximately 44% of body) and was hospitalized for treatment of burns and smoke inhalation. | |||||
| 2016-01-03 | Texas City | Texas | Blanchard Refining Company LLC | Face | Exposure to harmful substance through skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee suffered a chemical exposure to his face and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-11-17 | Texas City | Texas | SMW Projects Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| The employee was trying to dislodge a stone that was stuck on the dump truck. His right middle finger was stuck between the pin and the locking mechanism on the gate, amputating the tip of his finger. | |||||
| 2015-09-23 | Texas City | Texas | Benito Garcia Construction | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was installing laminate on the roof when he stepped into a hole and fell approximately 20 feet. He fractured his left arm, dislocated his pelvis, and required left arm surgery. | |||||
| 2015-07-18 | Texas City | Texas | Discount Tire | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee suffered heat exhaustion while working at the tire store on 7/18/15 and was hospitalized overnight. | |||||
| 2015-04-05 | Texas City | Texas | Valero | Nonclassifiable | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| The employee was sprayed by caustic when a 1/2" tubing broke while preparing a 3/4" line for maintenance. | |||||