| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-21 | Wharton | Texas | J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Hip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was reaching over to straighten an 1800-pound super bag filled with regrind material when the bag gave in. The super bag fell striking the employee in the shoulder and knocking the employee down. The regrind material then covered the employee. The employee suffered a broken left hip. | |||||
| 2018-06-25 | Wharton | New Jersey | Dimensional Merchandising Inc | Foot (feet) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
| An employee's foot was caught by a wood pallet while she was sitting in a chair. She suffered fractures. | |||||
| 2018-01-09 | Wharton | Texas | J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a reciprocating saw and holding the handle/trigger with his right hand. When the reciprocating saw started, it pulled his glove and left fifth finger into the quick lock blade clamp, lacerating and fracturing it. His finger was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2017-05-09 | Wharton | New Jersey | Shoprite of Wharton | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped and fell on a wet floor and fractured her right femur. | |||||
| 2017-04-04 | Wharton | Texas | Cekra Inc. | Multiple body parts | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| Two employees were using a manlift to paint the bridge approximately 30 feet above the ground with an identified, energized, electrical power line running parallel to the bridge containing 12,000 volts of electricity. Either the manlift basket made contact with the electrical power line or the power line arched and made contact with the manlift basket resulting in injury to one of the employees. The employee suffered first and third degree electrical burns to his right arm, stomach and back. | |||||
| 2016-08-26 | Wharton | Texas | Zachry Industrial Inc. | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was installing insulation from a scaffold in a kneeling position. An insulation clip fell onto the scaffold planking. Debris became airborne and got into the employee's right eye, lacerating the cornea. | |||||
| 2016-06-22 | Wharton | Texas | B-5 Construction Company, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was working in a launder trough inside a clarifier structure when he fell out of the trough to the concrete floor 16 feet below. He was hospitalized with a head injury. | |||||
| 2015-12-09 | Wharton | Texas | J M Eagle | Pelvic region | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| While pulling equipment, an employee fell to the ground from a gearbox that was approximately 7-feet high, injuring the pelvic area. The employee was not wearing fall protection at the time. | |||||
| 2015-09-24 | Wharton | New Jersey | DIMENSIONAL MERCHANDISING, INC. | Foot (feet) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee tried to move a bench in the production shop. The bench fell on her right foot, causing fractures. | |||||