| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-18 | Vinton | Tx | Kyoei Steel, LTD | Hand(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| On 10/18/2021, an employee was working on heating inner racers with a heating torch. The hose leaked oxygen and a flash fire occurred in one of the lines, resulting in second degree burns to the employee's left hand that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2021-07-05 | Vinton | Tx | Vinton Steel LLC | Head | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was feeding steel into a furnace when a steel rod struck his head. | |||||
| 2021-04-14 | Vinton | Tx | Kyoei Steel Group | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was inserting a metal wedge between a tundish cart and a stopper to prevent movement of the cart. The wedge twisted and the employee's fingers got caught between the cart and the stopper, resulting in a partial amputation of the left ring finger. | |||||
| 2021-02-09 | Vinton | Tx | Tewa LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was trimming wood molding with a 10-inch saw. When they used a stone to sharpen the saw, the saw amputated their left middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-03-04 | Vinton | Texas | Kayoi Steel Group America | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| After recharging the furnace, there was an explosion inside the furnace. An employee was hit by a hot piece of scrap metal that flew out of the furnace while he was using the lance. The scrap metal struck the employee in the left shoulder near the arm pit. | |||||
| 2019-08-16 | Vinton | Texas | W. Silver, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| At 6:15 p.m. on August 16, 2019, an employee was performing a change-over from one product to the next in a mill area. While the employee was installing one of the conveyors, an open metal cover closed, hitting his left hand and breaking his index and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2019-06-06 | Vinton | Louisiana | Delta Downs Racetrack Casino and Hotel | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by animal |
| An assistant starter was handling a horse in a starting gate. The horse acted up and smashed the employee's left middle finger against the structure. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-03-04 | Vinton | Texas | Commercial Roofing Systems Inc. | Wrist(s) and arm(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| Two employees were moving sheet metal by hand. One employee lost their grip on the metal and sustained a laceration on his left arm/wrist that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2019-02-13 | Vinton | Texas | Kyoei Steel Group | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was setting up a piece of metal stock on a lathe to work on. As he adjusted the cutting knife, his right thumb was caught between the knife and the stock. The tip was cut off. | |||||
| 2018-05-02 | Vinton | Louisiana | Delta Downs Racetrack Casino and Hotel | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee slipped and fell down some stairs, suffering an arm injury. | |||||
| 2018-04-23 | Vinton | Louisiana | Delta Downs Racetrack Casino and Hotel | Scalp | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was loading material on a loading dock when he lost his balance, fell, and rolled off the edge of the loading dock, lacerating and contusing the back of his head. | |||||
| 2017-07-07 | Vinton | Texas | Vinton Steel, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was placing a cable from a hoist when his left fingertip was partially amputated by the pulley apparatus and chain. | |||||
| 2017-03-10 | Vinton | Texas | Vinton Steel | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| On March 10, 2017, an employee was standing on stacked rebar bundles on a train car when he lost his balance and fell approximately four to five feet to the ground striking his head on a piece of rebar as he fell. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-03-30 | Vinton | Texas | ArcelorMittal | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| On March 30, 2015, at approximately 7:30 a.m., employees were using an overhead crane to move a sub-product (billet) from a lower level to a higher level. When the billet was situated on the higher level, the chain loosened; it toppled over and fell the down the stairs, striking the employee who was coming up to unhook it. The employee was hospitalized with a scalp laceration and spine fractures. | |||||