McKinney Texas – Machine Injury & Accidents

In McKinney Texas, there have been a number of machinery accidents in which people were injured. Some of these accidents occurred as a result of negligent or reckless behavior on the part of the operators of the machinery. In many cases, the machines were not properly maintained or operated. In other cases, the machines were being used in an unsafe manner. Regardless of the cause, these accidents resulted in injuries to many people.

If you are injured as a result of a machinery accident in McKinney Texas, you may be able to hold the operator of the machine responsible for your injuries. You may also be able to claim damages from the manufacturer or distributor of the machine. If you have any questions about your legal rights following a machinery accident in McKinney Texas, please contact an attorney.

Manufacturing Companies

McKinney, TX is home to a variety of manufacturing companies, including major players in the automotive, aerospace and electronics industries. Some of the largest and most well-known companies headquartered in McKinney include

Encore Wire Corporation
Emerson Process Management Regulator Technologies, Inc.
Vertrauen Chemie Solutions, Inc.
Watson & Chalin Manufacturing, Inc.
Spence Engineering Company, Inc.
Leon’s Fine Foods, Inc.
BBC Biochemical Corporation

Primo Microphones, Inc.
PRC-Desoto International, Inc
B&B Roadway & Security Solutions, LLC
KVP International, Inc.
Anchor Graphics, Inc.
K & K Chemical Company Inc
Xtera Inc.

If you are looking for a location that is home to a diverse range of manufacturing companies, then you should definitely check out McKinney, Texas. Not only does this city have a number of leading players in the industry, but it is also located in one of the most important industrial areas in the country.

Machinery Accidents

In McKinney, Texas, there have been several machinery accidents that have caused serious injuries or death. If you or someone you know has been injured in a machinery accident, it is important to speak with an experienced personal injury lawyer as soon as possible. Depending on the specifics of your case, there may be grounds for significant compensation. The sooner you contact an attorney, the better chance you have of getting the maximum amount of money from the responsible party.

Here are recent accidents in McKinney Texas.

AccidentDate	Employer	City	State	Description	Injury	Body Part	Event	Injury Source	Other Injury Source
13/11/2021	Garney Holding Company	Mckinney	Tx	A Garney Holding Company employee was helping maneuver an 84-inch pipe being installed in a 14-foot trench excavation. The employee was using PVC tubing to tilt the pipe downward to cross under a utility line; the tubing lost contact with the pipe, causing the employee to slide downward and make contact with the pipe, then the bottom of the trench. The employee's right ankle was broken.	Fractures	Ankle(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet	Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations	Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
11/11/2021	Encore Wire Corporation	Mckinney	Tx	An employee was changing a spool on a machine. While the employee was lining the adjustable drive rod up with the drive rod hole in the reel, and closing the pintles into the reel's arbor hole, the employee's right little finger was pinched between the collar of the pintle and the arbor hole. The employee suffered a partial amputation (without bone loss) to the finger.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Machinery
10/10/2021	Encore Wire Corporation	Mckinney	Tx	An employee was driving a forklift when it collided with a steel storage rack system. His right hand was pinned between the shelves and the forklift's overhead guard, and he suffered fingertip amputations.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered	Racks-garment and other
26/05/2021	Rudy Mora LLC	Mckinney	Tx	An employee was performing masonry work on a residential home while working on a scaffold near an overhead powerline. The employee was electrocuted by the powerline and suffered injuries that required hospitalization.	Electrocutions, electric shocks	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts	Power lines, transformers, convertors
30/04/2021	Encore Wire Corporation	Mckinney	Tx	An employee was removing a motor. The motor fell suddenly, swung sideways on wires it was connected to, and struck the employee's head. The employee suffered a head laceration and a concussion.	Concussions	Brain	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.	Motors other than vehicle
27/04/2021	McCourt Equipment Incorporated	Mckinney	Tx	An employee was replacing a drive motor on a telestacker. When he removed the motor, the telestacker started to roll downhill. One of its wheels pinned the employee, who suffered broken legs.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle	Pallet jack-powered
08/04/2021	OnSite Commercial Construction	Mckinney	Tx	An employee was removing a wall brace when a telehandler tire caught the employee's jeans and pulled him down to the concrete floor. The tire then ran over the employee's left foot and crushed it.	Crushing injuries	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area	Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c	Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
03/04/2021	Encore Wire Corporation	Mckinney	Tx	An employee was working with another employee on the wire spooling machine. The employee's leg was caught on the wire being spooled, causing the employee to fall and break his leg.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Winders, unwinders
06/02/2021	WELLPATH LLC	Mckinney	Tx	A nurse was struck in the head by a patient and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a skull fracture and a broken leg.	Fractures	Multiple body parts	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving	Patient
06/01/2021	Dynacraft, a Paccar Company	Mckinney	Tx	An employee was adjusting end caps on a fuel tank when the end cap clamps were activated, causing the employee's right thumb tip to be pinched between a cylinder and the end cap and resulting in an amputation.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery	Machinery
17/10/2020	IDG Services	Mckinney	Tx	An employee fell off a ladder while spraying ceilings with paint. The employee suffered a broken left arm.	Fractures	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level	Movable ladders	Floor, n.e.c.
05/10/2020	TimberBlindMetroShade	Mckinney	Tx	An employee was cutting a window blind when the saw jammed. As the employee tried to unjam the saw, the blade lacerated her right index finger and amputated her thumb.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Sawing machinery-stationary
21/07/2020	PCI Utilities LLC	Mckinney	Texas	An employee was pushing electrical wire through an underground conduit. The electrical wire arc-flashed with a switch gear and the employee sustained burns to the hands and face.	Electrical burns	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity	Electrical wiring-building
17/07/2020	Nature Nates	Mckinney	Texas	An employee was reversing a forklift into a parking spot when the employee became dizzy and lost control of the forklift. The employee collided with a rack and sustained a lower left leg fracture and laceration.	Fractures	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered	Racks-garment and other
29/05/2020	Santiago Romero	Mckinney	Texas	Two employees fell off of scaffolding while installing drywall. They were hospitalized with broken legs.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level	Scaffolds-staging	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
18/05/2020	Lhoist North America of Texas, Inc.	Mckinney	Texas	After driving and delivering product, an employee returned from a customer site and experienced cramps that did not go away. The employee was hospitalized due to dehydration.	Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat	Heat-environmental
06/05/2020	One Source Building Services	Mckinney	Texas	An employee was removing a small piece of drywall that also had a ceramic tile attached. After it was removed from its metal stud framing, the material fell toward the floor, and the ceramic tile cut through his work boot and lacerated the top of his left foot.	Cuts, lacerations	Foot (feet)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker	Construction debris
28/04/2020	Encore Wire	Mckinney	Texas	An employee was starting up a reel on a wire packaging machine when a loop in the wire wrapped around his pinky finger. As the reel was turning to wrap around the drum, the loop tightened around his pinky finger and lacerated it, resulting in a pinky fingertip amputation.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
15/01/2020	PCI Utilities LLC	Mckinney	Texas	An employee slipped and fell on wet concrete paving, suffering a broken hip.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Street, road, driveway-paved	Liquids
13/01/2020	Discovery Acquisition Services, LLC	Mckinney	Texas	An employee was operating an auger when the employee was pulled into the auger, suffering broken ribs and a broken right arm and wrist.	Fractures	Multiple body parts	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Machinery
12/01/2020	Costco Wholesale	Mckinney	Texas	An employee fell and broke his hip while helping a customer push his vehicle in a gas station area.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
06/08/2019	Hull Associates	Mckinney	Texas	An employee was using a circular saw to cut roofing decking. The saw became stuck, then came loose and cut the employee's right and left forearms.	Cuts, lacerations	Forearm(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker	Saws-powered, except chainsaws
16/07/2019	Encore Wire	Mckinney	Texas	An employee was running the hand coiler when his thumb made contact with a turning flange on the reel and his left thumb tip was amputated.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery
31/05/2019	Encore Wire Corporation	Mckinney	Texas	An employee was locating a dog pin in the reel when their finger was caught between the dog pin and wire reel, resulting in a fingertip amputation.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Nonclassifiable
23/01/2019	AccentCare, Inc.	Mckinney	Texas	While walking into an office building, an employee tripped and fell over a construction fence near the entrance. The employee suffered a broken leg.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces	Fences, fence panels, gates
06/09/2018	TPC Craig Ranch	Mckinney	Texas	An employee was using a push mower to mow a sloped portion of grass when he slipped and his left foot slid under the mower. The rotating plastic blades then lacerated his foot, and he was hospitalized.	Cuts, lacerations	Foot (feet)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment	Lawn mowers-nonriding, powered
16/08/2018	Preload LLC.	Mckinney	Texas	An employee experienced stomach cramps due to heat-related injuries, requiring hospitalization.	Effects of heat and light	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat	Heat-environmental
13/07/2018	Encore Wire Corporation	Mckinney	Texas	An employee was lifting reels of wire from the floor onto a golf cart. The employee suffered a fractured vertebra in the lower back.	Fractures	Lumbar region	Overexertion in lifting-single episode	Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
08/06/2018	Encore Wire Corporation	Mckinney	Texas	An employee was cleaning slag from a vessel containing molten copper. The slag and molten copper splashed onto the employee's left foot burning it.	Heat (thermal) burns	Foot (feet)	Contact with hot objects or substances	Molten or hot metals, slag
22/05/2018	Otis Elevator Company	Mckinney	Texas	An employee was hoisting an elevator platform when the rope broke, causing the elevator to fall into the pit. The employee's left index finger was then caught between the elevator platform and the rail (where the elevator moves up and down), resulting in an amputation to the second knuckle.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part	Elevators	Material and personnel handling machinery
27/04/2018	North Dallas Honey Co	Mckinney	Texas	An employee was simultaneously disconnecting a plug from its power supply and a plug from a barrel crushing machine when his hands crossed and he received a 480-volt electrical shock.	Electrocutions, electric shocks	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts	Power cords, electrical cords, extension cords
05/04/2018	G-Con Manufacturing	Mckinney	Texas	An employee was performing a take-off above a ceiling measuring duct. The ceiling was 2 x 10 plywood decking with plywood below. He walked off the plywood and slipped and fell through the sheetrock ceiling, striking and lacerating his head on a pile of material.	Cuts, lacerations	Head	Fall through surface or existing opening	Ceilings
03/04/2018	BB & S Construction Co.	Mckinney	Texas	An employee was installing wall ties when he stepped on a non-scaffold-grade board and fell approximately 20 feet through to the ground below. He suffered back pain and was hospitalized.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet	Scaffolds-staging
15/03/2018	Lone Star Reel, Inc.	Mckinney	Texas	An employee was holding a nail gun as he placed plywood down to get cut. He then stepped on a rail, lost his balance, and fell. As he fell, the nail gun shot a nail into his right knee, requiring hospitalization.	Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds	Knee(s)	Other fall to lower level	Nonclassifiable
27/02/2018	Space City Construction, Inc	Mckinney	Texas	While installing sheet metal decking to the second floor of a three-story commercial storage unit being built, an employee fell approximately 10 feet to the concrete floor below and landed on sheet metal siding, suffering fractured vertebrae.	Fractures	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet	Structures and surfaces
30/09/2017	Gay & Son Masonry, LP	Mckinney	Texas	An employee was climbing onto a scaffold when he tripped on bricks laying on the scaffolding platform and fell approximately 6 feet to the ground below, fracturing multiple right-side ribs and contusing his thorax. He was hospitalized.	Fractures	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet	Scaffolds-staging	Bricks and pavers
10/09/2017	Encore Wire Corporation	Mckinney	Texas	An employee was changing out a roller for a steel band on the drive mechanism of a rod mill when the machine caught his glove and pulled his hand into the roller. Friction from the roller caused a burn and pulled some of his skin off.	Avulsions, enucleations	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery	Milling machines	Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
22/08/2017	People Ready	Mckinney	Texas	An employee was bitten by a spider.	Traumatic injuries and disorders	Nonclassifiable	Bites and stings	Spiders, scorpions
09/06/2017	MARIO SINACOLA & SONS EXCAVATING INC.	Mckinney	Texas	An employee was walking on top of a bridge beam when he was bumped off by a forklift. He fell 10 feet and injured his right humerus.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Upper arm(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet	Girders, beams, structural steel	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
17/04/2017	Encore Wire Corporation	Mckinney	Texas	An employee was clearing grass from the discharge chute of a lawnmower and amputated his right thumb, index and middle fingers.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Mowing machinery
27/02/2017	United Parcel Service	Mckinney	Texas	An employee was sorting packages and felt back pain.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Overexertion in lifting, lowering	Packages, parcels
21/02/2017	Rosser Interest, Inc.	Mckinney	Texas	An employee on a bakers scaffold fell while attempting to remove a light fixture. The employee's head struck the floor and suffered a contusion, requiring hospitalization.	Bruises, contusions	Head	Other fall to lower level	Scaffolds-self-supporting staging
05/08/2016	Fast Offices Installation, LLC	Mckinney	Texas	An employee was folding back a lift gate attached to a moving truck when his hand was caught in the gate, crushing all four fingers and requiring surgery.	Crushing injuries	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
04/08/2016	RAYTHEON	Mckinney	Texas	An employee's finger was caught and amputated in a hydraulic gate lift.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Gates
30/06/2016	Haynes Landscape	Mckinney	Texas	An employee mowing lawns was hospitalized for heat stress.	Effects of heat and light	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat	Heat-environmental
16/06/2016	Popular Ink Corporation	Mckinney	Texas	While attempting to clear up material that was bunching up in a rewinder machine, an employee's finger was amputated in an ingoing nip point.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Slitters, winders-paper production
02/02/2016	TYG Products, LP	Mckinney	Texas	While working on a painting assembly line, an employee was injured when an automated door closed as the employee was trying to pull out a part. The employee suffered broken ribs.	Fractures	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Doors, except garage and vehicle
29/01/2016	BOSWORTH STEEL ERECTORS, INC.	Mckinney	Texas	Employee was hospitalized after burning his legs while welding structural steel. Hot slag caught the acetylene tank on fire.	Heat (thermal) burns	Leg(s)	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids	Chemicals	Molten or hot metals, slag
25/01/2016	WRIGHT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY	Mckinney	Texas	An employee was using a gas-powered cutoff saw to cut a 2-foot section out of a 42-inch diameter storm drain pipe when the saw kicked back. The saw blade struck and lacerated the employee's right facial cheek, requiring hospitalization.	Cuts, lacerations	Cheek(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker	Saws-powered, except chainsaws
05/12/2015	Encore Wire Corporation	Mckinney	Texas	An employee was operating a rigid cable machine when his left hand got caught between a wire and a capstan sheave. While attempting to free his hand, he amputated his left middle and ring fingertips.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery
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