Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-10	Weslaco	Tx	Weslaco Regional Rehabilitation Hospital, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Bites and stings
An employee was walking down a hospital hallway carrying a bundle of linens when they received an insect bite.
2021-02-23	Weslaco	Tx	La Michoacana Meat Market #4	Elbow(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting a piece of meat on a band saw and amputated the tip of his right thumb.
2020-10-04	Weslaco	Tx	Dept. of Homeland Security, Border and Protection Svcs.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
On October 4, 2020, a WSL agent had been working traffic earlier in the day and experienced abdominal cramping. The employee was hospitalized with a heat-related illness and dehydration.
2020-04-13	Weslaco	Texas	HEB	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was stabilizing a load on a pallet when the contents collapsed on him. He then fell out of an open dock door and landed on the receiving dock ramp. The employee sustained a head injury, two fractured ribs, and a fractured clavicle.
2019-06-26	Weslaco	Texas	Liquid Environmental Solutions	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee suffered burns to both hands and forearms, the face, and neck, when an arc flash occurred as he opened a 480-volt electrical panel door.
2019-05-13	Weslaco	Texas	H-E-B, LP	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Nonclassifiable
An employee was selecting a grocery order using a double pallet truck. The employee's hand became caught between the handle bar of the pallet truck and a product pallet. The employee sustained an injury to the right thumb.
2018-04-23	Weslaco	Texas	Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Protection	Lower leg(s)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was patrolling his area when the ATV he was using rolled and landed on top of the employee resulting in a broken lower right leg and injury to the right eye area.
2018-02-04	Weslaco	Texas	H-E-B Grocery Company, LP	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was closing the truck trailer door and caught their left middle and ring fingers in the seam between horizontal door panels. The employee was hospitalized for a crushing injury to the fingers.
2017-09-22	Weslaco	Texas	U.S. Customs and Border Protection	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
While processing detainees at a desk, an employee experienced shortness of breath and an accelerated heart rate due to heat stress.
2017-08-31	Weslaco	Texas	Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee experienced heat stress and dehydration while on patrol for drug smuggling activities.
2017-07-01	Weslaco	Texas	DSS Drywall Suspension Systems, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was installing drywall sheathing and felt dizzy. The employee was hospitalized for a heat-related illness.
2017-05-14	Weslaco	Texas	DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY-CUSTOMS & BORDER PROTECT	BODY SYSTEMS	Nonvenomous insect bites
An employee was working in the field and contracted the flu and typhus.
2016-03-04	Weslaco	Texas	Stripes LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was checking one of the label-making machines in the cooler. When she bent down, she lost her balance and grabbed a step ladder. The ladder folded and crushed her left pinky finger.
2015-10-11	Weslaco	Texas	Knapp Medical Center	Head and trunk	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
An employee suffered a head and back injury when kicked by a patient.
2015-09-29	Weslaco	Texas	WESLACO REGIONAL REHABILITATION HOSPITAL, LLC	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
On 09/29/2015, about 10:30 am, an employee rolled a heavy piece of equipment onto his right foot. On 10/09/2015, the employee was hospitalized and had surgery to amputate two toes on the right foot.