Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-01 | Waco | Tx | Owens-Illinois | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was taking blank temperatures on a forming machine. As the employee inserted blank temperature probes into the blanks, their right index finger was pinched between the blank arm and the operating shaft. The finger was degloved to the first knuckle, and was later medically amputated. | |||||
2021-09-16 | Waco | Tx | U.S. Greenfiber, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
A temporary employee was adjusting film on a bagger machine. As he pulled his hand out from the longitudinal bag sealer bar, the bar came down and amputated the tips of two fingers on his left hand. | |||||
2021-09-15 | Waco | Tx | COCA COLA BOTTLING CO. | Ankle(s) | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
On September 15, 2021, at 9:50 PM, an employee was operating a ride-on pallet jack and fell off while navigating a turn. The pallet jack then struck the employee and pinned his ankles against a pallet. The employee was hospitalized for bilateral ankle fractures. | |||||
2021-08-20 | Waco | Tx | Jessup Manufactured Housing, LLC | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was attempting to remove a jammed staple in a pneumatic staple gun. The staple gun fired a 2-inch staple into the employee's right thumb and palm. | |||||
2021-07-09 | Waco | Tx | Holt TX, LTD | Head | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was removing a pin from a portable track press. The pin struck the employee on the head causing a laceration. | |||||
2021-02-24 | Waco | Tx | Waco Boom Manufacturing, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was cutting a billet with a horizontal bandsaw. As the employee closed the vise, his finger was pinched between the vise and the billet. He suffered a partial fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-02-06 | Waco | Tx | Tractor Supply Distribution Center | Lower leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was driving down the main aisle towards the bulk heavy area. The employee's lower left leg was caught between the lift and the pallet stop at the end of an aisle. | |||||
2021-01-08 | Waco | Tx | Alamo Structural Steel, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was trying to flip a square steel tube using a flip bar. The tube did not flip all the way and came back down onto the employee's left pinky and ring fingers, crushing them against the edge of another steel tube. The employee's left pinky finger was amputated at the first joint and the ring finger was lacerated. | |||||
2020-10-16 | Waco | Tx | Clayton Homes | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting a 1x4 piece of wood using a miter saw when the saw lacerated his left middle finger and amputated his left ring fingertip. | |||||
2020-10-16 | Waco | Tx | Sisk-Robb, Incorporated | Nonclassifiable | Indirect exposure to electricity |
An employee cut into an electrical conduit wire while he was removing asbestos insulation from a demolition site. The employee was hospitalized for electrical burns. | |||||
2020-10-12 | Waco | Tx | Knife River | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
A team member was unhooking the asphalt oil supply line from a tanker truck when hot asphalt oil sprayed onto his hands and arms causing burns that required hospitalization. | |||||
2020-10-05 | Waco | Tx | M. Lipsitz & Co., Ltd. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was operating a forklift. The forklift left the roadway and overturned and the employee suffered a fractured left arm and leg. | |||||
2020-09-30 | Waco | Tx | Waco Boom Manufacturing, LLC | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was carrying a pallet, tripped on a rock, and fell on the parking lot. The employee suffered a fractured upper right leg. | |||||
2020-06-17 | Waco | Texas | Swan Products, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was about to start winding the core of a hose on a reel, which requires attaching the end of the core to an air inlet on the side of the reel. The reel becomes automated once the hose core is attached and begins to spin. When she went to attach the core to the air inlet, the reel began to automatically spin. Her hand was caught between the spinning reel and a clamp that holds the pin in, resulting in a fracture to the second metacarpal bone of the left hand. | |||||
2020-06-09 | Waco | Texas | Renaissance Contractors, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
While an employee was disconnecting a sling, an I-beam slid downward pinching the employee's finger. He sustained an amputation to the left ring fingertip. | |||||
2020-05-29 | Waco | Texas | Knife River Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a gas trimmer to cut brush when he was stung by a wasp on the left arm. The employee swatted with his right hand across his body and made contact with the blades of the trimmer, amputating the tip of his right ring finger. | |||||
2020-05-08 | Waco | Texas | Packless Industries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee initiated a machine to start a production cycle. His hand was in the path of the machine's closing guard, which closed on and caused the amputation of his left index finger's distal phalanx. | |||||
2020-05-05 | Waco | Texas | Time Manufacturing Company - Versalift | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping over self |
While carrying wood blocks, an employee turned, tripped, and fell. The employee's head hit a metal tool box, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2020-01-25 | Waco | Texas | Waco Boom | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating machinery when their left ring finger was caught, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2020-01-23 | Waco | Texas | Texas Lehigh Cement Compan | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was stepping down from a 12-inch-high scale when the employee fell and fractured the right arm. | |||||
2020-01-15 | Waco | Texas | AAFES Waco Distribution Center | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was operating an overhead crane to lift a forklift battery for cleaning when his left middle finger was caught in the crane clamp, resulting in a left middle fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-09-06 | Waco | Texas | Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. | Wrist(s) | Injured by object breaking in hand |
An employee was putting bottles on a pallet. A bottle broke, lacerating his left wrist. | |||||
2019-09-05 | Waco | Texas | Galbraith Lumber Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee working in the yard started feeling weak and was cramping. He was hospitalized for heat stroke. | |||||
2019-08-21 | Waco | Texas | B-Corp Utilities, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was holding a piece of metal attached to a cable when the cable pulled and the employee's hand was caught between a metal part and pipe, causing an amputation of the left middle finger above the second joint. | |||||
2019-08-19 | Waco | Texas | Clarke Products, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a table saw when the wood flipped and the employee's hand slipped, resulting in a left thumb tip amputation. | |||||
2019-08-07 | Waco | Texas | Flamco of Texas | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was standing on top of forklift forks when the forks were lowered and the employee's finger was caught in the hydraulic pinch point. The employee's left index fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2019-04-26 | Waco | Texas | Pilgrims | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was unclogging a drain with a mechanical plumbers snake when his right hand was entangled in the hose resulting in the amputation of the right thumb tip. | |||||
2019-03-12 | Waco | Texas | Elixir Door & Metals Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was adjusting a jammed machine when his finger was amputated. | |||||
2019-03-05 | Waco | Texas | Knife River Corporation - South | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
Wear plates for a mixer were being manufactured. The bit that was used to punch holes shattered and a fragment of it lodged in an employee's neck. | |||||
2019-01-21 | Waco | Texas | Time Manufacturing | Head and neck | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a lathe and was sanding a 1.5 x 20-inch chrome pipe with sand paper when the sand paper became caught on the rotating chuck. The sand paper grabbed his glove and pulled his right hand and arm into the machine, up to his neck. The employee suffered a severe laceration to the face and neck. | |||||
2018-08-02 | Waco | Texas | Owens-Brockway Glass Container | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was working at the back of a bottle-making machine, adjusting one of its parameters. His hand was caught between the arm and frame of the machine, and his left ring finger was amputated at the first joint. | |||||
2018-07-30 | Waco | Texas | AAFES Waco Distribution Center | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was working from an extension ladder, about 16 feet high, to check an air conditioning vent. The ladder slipped and he fell to the ground, breaking ribs and his right arm, suffering kidney and lung contusions, and striking his head. | |||||
2018-07-19 | Waco | Texas | Axion Structural Innovations, LLC | Fingernail(s), nailbed(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
An employee was working from a scissor lift about 4 or 5 feet above the ground, removing R-panels from the outside of a tin building. He slipped, and his right hand contacted an exhaust fan mounted on a panel. The fan blade lacerated his right ring finger and partially amputated the nail bed on the little finger. | |||||
2018-05-14 | Waco | Texas | Equalizer, Inc. | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was using a ladder to enter and clean a liquid fertilizer tank when he fell. He sustained a cracked skull, broken ribs, and bruised organs, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-05-08 | Waco | Texas | Sanderson Farms | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
While attempting to remove a chicken thigh from a plastic modular belting line, an employee's finger was caught on a section of the belt resulting in amputation of the right middle fingertip. | |||||
2018-02-27 | Waco | Texas | Bush's Chicken | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking by the fryers when he slipped and fell, suffering burns on his right hand and wrist. | |||||
2018-01-30 | Waco | Texas | CARGILL | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a pneumatic cutter to cut a turkey neck when the cutter amputated his middle fingertip. | |||||
2017-08-18 | Waco | Texas | Esco Laminating Texas, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was operating a saw when he heard a pop sound. He turned off the saw and was inspecting it when then the still-rotating blade amputated his left index finger. The blade cover was removed at the time of the incident. | |||||
2017-08-14 | Waco | Texas | Marathon Norco | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee's left- and right-hand fingers were smashed by metal plates as they were being lowered. | |||||
2017-07-26 | Waco | Texas | Axion Structural Innovations LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was cleaning shavings from a drill when a coworker pushed a rail tie down the rollers. The injured employee's left index fingertip was pinched and partially amputated between the tie and the drill. | |||||
2017-07-05 | Waco | Texas | Medxcel Facilities Management | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was picking up trash when he fainted due to dehydration and hit his head on the floor. | |||||
2017-05-24 | Waco | Texas | HOBBS BONDED FIBERS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was underneath a card apron attempting to remove fibers from the fan blower. He was trying to un-choke the hose inside the fan housing when his right hand made contact with the rotating blades, amputating his ring finger. | |||||
2017-04-26 | Waco | Texas | Coca Cola | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was troubleshooting a machine from a ladder when he fell from the ladder and struck the floor. He was hospitalized for a fractured right leg and fractured right elbow. | |||||
2017-02-09 | Waco | Texas | Pilgrims | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was placing a hold tag on a pallet in the shipping dock area when a forklift struck him, fracturing his left leg. | |||||
2017-01-06 | Waco | Texas | Flamco of Texas Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was feeding materials into a machine when her glove was caught in the rollers, pulling her fingers in and amputating her left hand. | |||||
2016-10-11 | Waco | Texas | Tractor Supply | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift when his foot was caught between the lift and a column, fracturing his left ankle and heel. | |||||
2016-08-30 | Waco | Texas | Martin Marietta | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
While climbing out of the tanker truck, an employee missed a step and fell to the ground fracturing their femur. | |||||
2016-08-03 | Waco | Texas | Equibrand Holding Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
While roping cattle at a team roping event, an employee's right thumb became caught in the rope and was amputated. | |||||
2016-06-16 | Waco | Texas | L3 Communication PID | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was descending a ladder when he missed the last step. He grabbed onto the ladder of the injured employee, who was working next to him, knocking him off. The injured employee suffered a collapsed lung and cracked ribs. | |||||
2016-05-11 | Waco | Texas | Cargill Meat Solutions | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
While swabbing operating equipment, an employee's sleeve was caught in the conveyor, pulling the employee's left arm into the machine. The employee's arm suffered a compound fracture and skin removal. | |||||
2016-05-07 | Waco | Texas | Pilgrims | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving spare parts and caught a finger in the hinge/assembly part resulting in the amputation of the left ring fingertip. | |||||
2016-04-21 | Waco | Texas | L-3 Communications | Ankle(s) | Slip or trip without fall, n.e.c. |
An employee stepped off a forklift and rolled his left ankle, breaking it. | |||||
2016-03-22 | Waco | Texas | Fleetwood Homes | Knee(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was installing an eave on a manufactured home using a pneumatic staple gun when the gun discharged a staple into his left kneecap. | |||||
2016-02-22 | Waco | Texas | AXION International, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
Employees were standing in front of an extrusion machine studying a test run of material while other employees were grinding on the mold. A sudden release of pressure forced material and components out of the mold. As a result, an employee suffered multiple face fractures, a laceration above the right eye, broken fingers, and broken ribs. | |||||
2016-01-29 | Waco | Texas | Sanderson Farms Inc. Processing Division | Jaw, chin | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee clocked out and was leaving the plant for the day. The employee got into a physical altercation with another employee who struck him in the face resulting in a broken jaw requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-12-03 | Waco | Texas | Lochridge Priest, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee's left hand was crushed while operating the sheet metal roller machine. | |||||
2015-11-11 | Waco | Texas | Fleetwood Homes | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was pulling a dolly from under a manufactured house when three fingers got pinched between the dolly and the frame of the structure. Her left-hand middle, index, and ring fingers were partially amputated (soft tissue only, no bone). | |||||
2015-11-06 | Waco | Texas | Baylor University, Waco | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee attempted to contain an active fire using a fire extinguisher when she suffered smoke inhalation. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-10-21 | Waco | Texas | Owens Illinois Glass | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was making an adjustment to a pneumatic strapper head that was energized. Pneumatic pressure kicked back pinching the employee's right ring finger between the adjustment tool and the metal plating causing a loss of soft tissue (no bone) requiring surgical repair. | |||||
2015-10-19 | Waco | Texas | Ratliff Ready Mix | Nonclassifiable | Ran off roadway |
An employee was involved in a motor vehicle accident while on the job and driving a company vehicle. | |||||
2015-10-14 | Waco | Texas | SANDERSON FARM INC | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell five feet from the edge of the scalder. Fall protection was not used at the time of the incident. | |||||
2015-09-23 | Waco | Texas | Sanderson Farms | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting and deboning shoulders when the knife lacerated his abdomen. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-08-31 | Waco | Texas | Goodwill Contract Services, Inc. | Brain | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle on side of road |
An employee was picking up trash on the roadway. She finished picking up the trash and got into the truck. A blanket in the truck blew out onto the road. She stopped the truck, pulled into the emergency lane, and got out to retrieve the blanket when she was struck by a passing pickup truck. She sustained extensive head trauma. | |||||
2015-08-26 | Waco | Texas | Caterpillar Work Tools | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was moving a tie rod part from a cart to assemble into a larger part. The part slipped from his hands and when he tried to catch the 18 pound part his middle finger was crushed between the part and the table resulting in the amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
2015-08-24 | Waco | Texas | Baylor University | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was stripping wires using a knife and cut his finger. When they tried to wrap his finger, he passed out and hit his head on the floor causing head injury. | |||||
2015-08-17 | Waco | Texas | Ridgewood Golf Course | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
An employee drove a golf cart into the pond and dislocated their shoulder. | |||||
2015-04-29 | Waco | Texas | SC2, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
While bolting two metal plates together one plate slipped and severed a finger. | |||||
2015-04-11 | Waco | Texas | Packless Metal Hose, Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was waxing a moving, horizontal bandsaw blade. The blade caught his work gloves and pulled his hand onto the blade, causing serious injuries. | |||||
2015-04-01 | Waco | Texas | HOBBS BONDED FIBERS | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was feeding trim into a roller when the machine became jammed. The employee went to the rear of the machine, opened the door, and began pulling fiber from the duct work. He reached into the back of the duct work towards the machine; his hand was injured by the rollers. | |||||
2015-03-20 | Waco | Texas | Packaging Corporation of America | Foot (feet) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
A forklift battery fell on and broke an employee's left foot as he was changing the battery. | |||||
2015-03-05 | Waco | Texas | Baylor Scott & White | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to slipping |
Employee fell on ice when walking across the parking lot. |