| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-02-10 | Wichita Falls | Tx | Whatburger | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
| An employee was delivering a curbside order to a customer when he slipped and fell on the curb, fracturing his left ankle. | |||||
| 2020-07-10 | Wichita Falls | Texas | F.G. Haggerty Company, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was using rigging to replace a manhole. The lifting jib fell into the hole, striking the employee in the abdomen. | |||||
| 2020-06-25 | Wichita Falls | Texas | Scales Concrete Construction Company, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee developed a headache and lightheadedness at about 2:00 p.m., then began vomiting. He went home and was hospitalized at 5:00 p.m., suffering from heat-related dehydration. | |||||
| 2020-05-22 | Wichita Falls | Texas | Vitro Architectural Glass | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was walking near a steel platform performing maintenance when the wire ropes holding the platform snapped, causing the platform to strike the employee. The employee was hospitalized with two fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and a slight fracture to the spine. | |||||
| 2020-04-13 | Wichita Falls | Texas | Sharp Iron Group, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was drilling holes in a part using a radial drill press. His left hand was entangled with the drill and injured, with partial amputations to multiple fingers. | |||||
| 2019-08-02 | Wichita Falls | Texas | Combined Transport | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was working from a ladder on a trailer, covering glass with a tarp. The tarp got caught on something. The employee lost his balance and fell to the ground, suffering a broken neck. | |||||
| 2019-07-09 | Wichita Falls | Texas | Combined Transport, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was loading a trailer when he became dizzy and sat down. The employee lost consciousness and was hospitalized for heat stress. | |||||
| 2019-04-29 | Wichita Falls | Texas | DenMar Services, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to hook a piece of aircraft equipment to a trailer when his right index finger got caught between the pintle hook and tow bar resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2019-03-04 | Wichita Falls | Texas | Vitro Architectural Glass | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| The injured employee was moving a case of glass into position to be loaded into a box truck. A forklift ran over the employee's right leg resulting in amputation below the knee. | |||||
| 2018-06-16 | Wichita Falls | Texas | North American Pipe Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was pulling a pipe out of a pipe cutting machine when the pipe fell on his finger. As he pulled his finger out, the end of the pipe amputated the pad of his right index finger. | |||||
| 2018-05-17 | Wichita Falls | Texas | WARNER ELECTRIC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was loading parts into a parts washer when a 25-inch pressure plate fell and struck the employee's right index and middle fingers resulting in amputation. | |||||
| 2018-01-17 | Wichita Falls | Texas | Texas & Southwestern cattle Raiser Association | Hip(s) | Gored or rammed by animal |
| An employee was inspecting cattle in a pen when the cattle knocked him down, breaking his hip. | |||||
| 2017-09-22 | Wichita Falls | Texas | Arconic Power and Propulsion | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a cut-off saw to cut scrap castings to fit into the recycling bin. The employee's hand was pulled in and caught between the hand tool and a rubber mat resulting in amputation to the first knuckle of the left index finger and lacerations to the middle finger. | |||||
| 2017-08-22 | Wichita Falls | Texas | Scales Construction | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was finishing concrete when he became lightheaded and ill due to heat stress and dehydration, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-08-16 | Wichita Falls | Texas | Bell Processing, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was emptying metal from a dump hopper that was on a forklift when the hopper fell from the forks and struck the employee on the left leg, breaking it. | |||||
| 2017-07-25 | Wichita Falls | Texas | PowerSeal Pipeline Products Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was cutting a piece of metal with a roller press when the employee's right hand contacted the press blade, amputating the pinky finger. | |||||
| 2017-06-30 | Wichita Falls | Texas | M1 Support Services | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was checking the alignment of a bolt hole while using a lifting sling and jack stands for support. As he was trying to place the trailer into position, it struck and amputated his fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-03-30 | Wichita Falls | Texas | Hobby Lobby Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting framing materials with a fillet cutter and amputated his right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-06-22 | Wichita Falls | Texas | Willen Electric | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell off a ladder after getting shocked. | |||||
| 2016-06-22 | Wichita Falls | Texas | Stewart and Stevenson | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee began to cramp while working on a forklift. The employee was hospitalized for a heat-related illness. | |||||
| 2016-06-07 | Wichita Falls | Texas | Sundt Construction | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee suffered a heat-related illness while moving dirt piles. | |||||
| 2015-09-30 | Wichita Falls | Texas | GCA Services Group | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was cleaning machinery and fell from an elevated work area to the floor, fracturing the right hip. | |||||
| 2015-07-07 | Wichita Falls | Texas | Express Employment Professionals | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| A temporary employee's nail bag caught on the brick layer scaffold he was working from causing him to lose balance and fall approximately twelve feet to the ground below fracturing his hip. The employee was admitted to the hospital for surgery. | |||||
| 2015-04-16 | Wichita Falls | Texas | Tranter Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was assisting a truck driver putting a tarp on a unit. The employee used a wooden pallet as a ladder to reach the tarp. The pallet slid out from underneath and the employee fell onto the truck fracturing his right lower leg. | |||||
| 2015-01-16 | Wichita Falls | Texas | James Lane Air Conditioning, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c. |
| Employee was lowering a boom lift while installing fire protection piping. The hydraulics failed, causing the employee to break the lower left leg. | |||||