Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-02 | Victoria | Tx | Powell HD, Inc | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached |
An employee was lowering a vehicle's lift gate. A spring broke and the gate crashed down on the employee's feet, amputating both big toes. | |||||
2021-03-25 | Victoria | Tx | Performance Materials NA, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
A fire occurred at the initiator tanks area within the facility when a small amount of organic peroxide slowly leaked by a gate valve into the main header flush line over a two-day period. The peroxide sat in the flush line and slowly decomposed as it warmed up. A production operator had been walking by the initiator tanks area when the fire broke out. He suffered burns to his back and lower body and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-09-23 | Victor | Mt | Swift Transportation Co of Arizona, LLC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was unloading his truck when he fell off the back of the trailer. He landed on the ground and sustained broken ribs. | |||||
2020-01-20 | Victoria | Texas | Wal-Mart Supercenter #330 | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was closing a safe when the safe door closed on the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
2020-01-17 | Victor | New York | RIDGEWAY EQUIPMENT | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
Two employees were delivering refrigerator up a ramp using a furniture dolly when the dolly and refrigerator tipped over, striking one employee. The employee suffered three broken vertebrae in the neck area and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-08-30 | Victorville | California | U.S. Department of Justice | Lower leg(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
An employee was changing out a forklift's propane tank. The forklift moved and struck the employee, breaking the employee's fibula. | |||||
2019-07-15 | Victor | New York | Darden Restaurants | Nonclassifiable | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee carrying a bucket of hot water was splashed by the water and sustained severe burns. | |||||
2019-06-07 | Victoria | Texas | Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was performing maintenance on a wireline tool that was hooked up to a control panel. He closed a panel on the tool with a command at the control panel. As the panel was closing, he was turning the tool and his fingers were caught in the backup shoe of the tool resulting in an amputation injury. | |||||
2019-05-17 | Victor | New York | Victor Insulators, Inc. | Leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was working at a pug mill, loading clay chunks into a wad mill and offloading pugs that came off the wad mill. An extrusion plate, which pushed chunks of clay off a push cart, pinned the employee's left leg against the push cart, causing injuries and fractures to the leg. | |||||
2019-04-18 | Victoria | Texas | TOFV, LLC | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was working in an oil lube area and pulled on a bungie cord attached to an oil drain pan stand. The cord dislodged a flat tip screwdriver that was in the nipple valve of the oil drain pan. The screwdriver flew and hit the employee in the eye, causing an injury that required hospitalization. | |||||
2019-03-26 | Victoria | Texas | Accutek Technologies Inc | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a step ladder installing a low voltage telecommunications cable when he fell from the step ladder to the concrete below, suffering a bruised lung, broken ribs, and a dislocated and fractured shoulder and elbow. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-03-12 | Mount Victory | Ohio | Trillium Farm Holdings LLc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
On March 12, 2019, a Trillium Farms maintenance employee was cutting a T-shaped piece of plastic with a table saw. The blade amputated the employee's right index finger. The saw was unguarded at the time. | |||||
2019-01-24 | Victor | New York | Victor Insulators, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a rotating rubber-covered roller with steel wool when his arm was caught and broken by the rotating shaft. | |||||
2018-09-21 | Victoria | Texas | Caterpillar Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was fitting a skirt to the center core of an upper frame for an excavator when the pneumatic clamp was actuated, making contact with the employee's left thumb and resulting in a fracture and partial amputation of the thumb. | |||||
2018-08-06 | Victoria | Texas | Texas Concrete Partners, L.P. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was applying initial stress on a concrete cable using a jack when either the cable snapped or the chuck that holds the cable in the jack failed, creating a pinch point. The employee's left thumb was caught in the pinch point, resulting in a surgical amputation to the thumb. | |||||
2018-07-29 | Victoria | Texas | Kloeckner Metals Corporation | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was removing leftover material from the bed of a flatbed truck. He tripped on dunnage and fell off the flatbed, landing on and injuring his right elbow. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-07-25 | Victoria | Texas | G.S.D. Trading U.S.A., Inc. | Foot (feet) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was manually lifting a steel manhole cover when it fell on his left foot. He suffered a fracture of his left foot metatarsal bone, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-06-25 | Victoria | Texas | Alamo Structural Steel, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
On June 25, 2018, an employee was pinching the metal pins (weighing about 25 pounds) out of an 18-wheeler flatbed truck, preparing the bed for a new load of steel I-beams. One of the pins caught his cloth causing him to lose balance; he fell to the concrete floor, breaking several ribs and his collarbone. | |||||
2018-06-14 | Victoria | Texas | Lowe's Home Centers, LLC | Leg(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was stocking merchandise when a bucket of pool chemical fell and struck his leg, causing him to fall. He broke his leg. | |||||
2018-03-19 | Victoria | Texas | Beckman Coulter Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was assisting movers to unload medical equipment using a pallet jack and amputated his right index finger. | |||||
2017-09-20 | Victoria | Texas | Tradesmen International LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee had been performing post-hurricane cleanup and demolition at an apartment complex for 10 hours when he lost consciousness due to the heat. He was hospitalized for dehydration. | |||||
2017-08-08 | Victoria | Texas | Staff Concrete | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was working underneath a truck checking the wiring when a coworker got into the truck and drove away. The employee was dragged 2 feet, suffering injuries that required hospitalization. | |||||
2017-04-01 | Victoria | Texas | Invista S.A R.L. | Face | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was troubleshooting a switch gear when an arc blast/flash occurred, burning his face. | |||||
2017-03-06 | Victor | New York | Railside Market & Cafe | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee amputated the right index fingertip while cleaning a deli meat slicer. | |||||
2017-03-06 | Victoria | Texas | Invista S.A R.L. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person |
Two employees were removing bolts from a flange. One employee was loosening the bolts by hand and another employee was using a pneumatic socket wrench. The wrench has a bar that travels with it and the bar pinched the first employee's finger resulting in amputation of the right index fingertip. | |||||
2016-09-12 | Victoria | Texas | NGL Crude Transportation, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
Sparks from a grinding operation made contact with an open container of flammable liquid, causing it to ignite. Two employees were burned as they attempted to move the container outside. | |||||
2016-08-23 | Victoria | Kansas | United Ag Services, Inc | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee attempted to hook up an anhydrous ammonia nurse tank to a farmer's truck hitch. The farmer reversed the truck and pinned the employee's right leg between the vehicle and the nurse tank, breaking his right tibia and fibula and injuring his right ankle. He was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2016-03-22 | Victoria | Texas | Texas Concrete Partners, LP | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee had just checked an air compressor that was mounted to the back of a pick-up truck. He slipped while exiting the back of the truck bed and fell approximately 3 feet, injuring his right hip. | |||||
2015-11-18 | Victoria | Texas | Goodwin Personnel Consultants | Leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
The employee was weed trimming and another employee was mowing on a tractor. The tractor ran over a metal pipe. The metal pipe struck the employee who was trimming on the right leg. | |||||
2015-11-13 | Victoria | Texas | Russell Marine LLC | Foot (feet) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was cleaning a bridge along the embankment of canal. An operator was using a crane and clam bucket. The employee was guiding the bucket when it came down on and fractured the employee's right foot. | |||||
2015-10-12 | Victoria | Texas | Performance Food Services | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was moving a motorized pallet to a charging station and slipped crushing his foot between two pallets. | |||||
2015-10-09 | Victoria | Texas | Southeastern Freight Lines | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
Employee suffered a fractured neck after falling from the back of truck and landing on the head. | |||||
2015-08-06 | Victoria | Texas | Sparkman Industries Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
The employee was conducting welding operations and after 2 hours of welding the employee started showing signs of heat stress. | |||||
2015-07-23 | Victoria | Texas | CMC Alamo Steel | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee's finger was pinched between the housing and saw blade while setting up a band saw. The employee's fingertip was cut off, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-07-16 | Victorville | California | FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX - VICTORVILLE | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee inside the penitentiary was greasing the motor on an air handling fan. His fingers got caught between a pulley and belt, resulting in three-quarter fingertip amputation and small lacerations to his other fingers. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-06-29 | Victoria | Texas | SENDERO POWER LINE CONSTRUCTION, INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to electricity |
An employee had a possible electric shock when performing phase-to-ground work. | |||||
2015-06-25 | Victor | New York | GORBEL INC. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was retrieving a 14-pound pallet. When he turned, he tripped over a rack on the floor and hit the ground with his right hip. | |||||
2015-06-01 | Victoria | Texas | Goodwill Industries | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was in the break room when a car from the public roadway crashed into the store. The employee was thrown 10 feet across the building and was struck with materials. She was hospitalized overnight. | |||||
2015-05-22 | Victoria | Texas | Discount Tire | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
The employee was in the mezzanine pulling tires for a vehicle that was being serviced. While walking to the mezzanine stairs, he stepped inside of a tire. As he raised his foot to walk, his heel got caught causing him to lose balance. He landed on his right knee. The employee felt he could continue working and did not request medical attention. He worked the remainder of his shift. Three weeks later the employee was admitted to the hospital for an infection to the injured knee. | |||||
2015-04-20 | Victor | New York | VonMaur | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee leaving work at the end of a shift, was walking down a set of interior stairs, tripped and fell breaking the lower left leg. | |||||
2015-02-10 | Victor | New York | CRABTREE & EVELYN | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
Employee entered the stock room and tripped over a folded chair. She suffered a fractured left elbow. | |||||
2015-02-05 | Victorville | California | Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons | Forearm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
A federal prison inmate was cleaning the floor with compressed air when the inmate tripped on a metal frame and fell resulting in a broken right forearm. The inmate was admitted to the hospital. | |||||
2015-01-16 | Victoria | Texas | Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC | Mouth | Struck by object or equipment |
Employee was tightening a strap used to tie down equipment on his truck when the pry bar came out of the hole and hit him in the mouth, fracturing the maxilla bone. | |||||
2015-01-08 | Victoria | Texas | Halliburton Energy Services | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On January 8, 2015 at 10:15pm, an employee was cleaning/unclogging an automatic in-line cement powder sampler. He used his finger to verify there was no longer a clog and the sampler actuated amputating the tip of the third finger on the employee's left hand. |