Pasadena Texas – Machine Injury & Accidents

Recently, there have been a lot of machinery accidents in Pasadena Texas. In some cases, the accidents were caused by negligent operators. In other cases, the machines just broke down. Regardless of the cause, these accidents can lead to a lot of damage and injuries. It’s important to know how to protect yourself and your property from machinery accidents. If you are ever in a situation where you have been injured as a result of a machinery accident, it is important to contact an experienced attorney as soon as possible.

Manufacturing Companies

There are many manufacturing companies located in Pasadena Texas. Some of these companies include

Bayport Polymers LLC
Chca Bayshore, L.P.
Kaneka North America LLC
American Acryl Na, LLC
American Acryl L.P.
Viceroy, Inc.
Dixie Chemical Company, Inc.

Albemarle Catalysts Company, LP
Control Solutions, Inc.
Ventech, Inc.
Nippon Chemical Texas Inc.
Athlon Solutions LLC
Trecora Chemical, Inc.
Techemet, LP

Machinery Accidents

Pasadena has a high rate of machinery accidents. This high rate of accidents may be due to a few factors. For one, Pasadena is a heavily populated city with a lot of industrial and commercial activity. This means there are a lot of machines working together and they’re often engaged in risky activities, like moving heavy objects.

Another reason for the high number of accidents in Pasadena may be the way companies respond to them. Many businesses try to minimize damage instead of trying to fix the problem and prevent future accidents. This can lead to dangerous situations where machines are left running or not properly secured.

If you or someone you know has been involved in a Pasadena machinery accident, contact an experienced lawyer as soon as possible. He or she can help you get through the aftermath and protect your rights.

In recent years, there have been a number of machinery accidents in Pasadena Texas. Here are examples:

AccidentDate	Employer	City	State	Description	Injury	Body Part	Event	Injury Source	Other Injury Source
06/11/2021	Multi-Chem Group, LLC	Pasadena	Tx	An employee was staging stainless steel totes on a loading dock ramp. He got off a forklift and walked in front to retrieve a cone when the forklift rolled forward, pinning him against the tote and resulting in a collapsed lung.	Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered	Boxes, crates, cartons
03/11/2021	S& B Engineers and Constructors, Ltd.	Pasadena	Tx	An employee was disconnecting an air hose when it whipped around and struck the employee in the lower leg. The leg was broken.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle	Hoses
22/09/2021	Clariant Corporation	Pasadena	Tx	While walking on a designated walkway, a Clariant employee was struck by a construction forklift that was en route to pick up cylinders. The employee sustained soft tissue damage to their lower right leg.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area	Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
23/08/2021	Suntex Marina Investors, LLC.	Pasadena	Md	An employee was sanding the bottom of a boat when he experienced pain in his chest and left arm. The employee was hospitalized for a cardiac event.	Ischemic heart disease	Heart	Overexertion and bodily reaction	Person-injured or ill worker
08/06/2021	Tellepsen Builders, L.P.	Pasadena	Tx	An employee was carrying a push broom down a ladder. The employee slipped and fell backwards, landing on the concrete floor and the push broom. The employee suffered bruised ribs, a broken right arm, and lacerations to the lower lip.	Fractures	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level	Movable ladders	Floor, n.e.c.
18/04/2021	Saltgrass SteakHouse	Pasadena	Tx	An employee was cutting croutons and amputated his left index fingertip.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker	Knives
07/04/2021	Trimac Transportation	Pasadena	Tx	An employee was using hot water to clean a vapor recovery line on a cargo tank trailer. As he removed the line, hot water sprayed his left foot, burning the top of the foot.	Heat (thermal) burns	Foot (feet)	Contact with hot objects or substances	Water
17/03/2021	EURECAT US, INC.	Pasadena	Tx	An employee tripped on a rug in a break room, falling to the floor and suffering a broken right hip.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object	Floor	Floor coverings- nonstructural
05/03/2021	Waste Management	Pasadena	Tx	An employee was opening a door on a roll-off container using the chain. The chain broke and the employee slipped and fell to the ground below, suffering a broken leg.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level	Nonclassifiable	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
25/02/2021	JX Nippon Chemical Texas Inc.	Pasadena	Tx	An employee was descending stairs, slipped, and fell approximately four feet, sustaining a compound fracture of the left arm.	Fractures	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Stairs, steps-outdoors	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
22/02/2021	Sunbelt Supply Co.	Pasadena	Tx	An employee was repositioning a ball valve when the valve closed on the employee's finger, resulting in an amputation to the tip of the employee's right ring finger.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Valves, nozzles
18/02/2021	LMMM #43 Houston, Ltd	Pasadena	Tx	An employee was cutting pork with a meat bandsaw. The saw amputated the tip of his right index finger.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment	Butchering machinery
06/10/2020	Austin Industrial	Pasadena	Tx	While descending from a crane's deck platform at approximately 68 inches in height, the employee lost balance and fell to the ground. The employee sustained two fractured ribs and a shoulder sprain.	Fractures	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Cranes	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
28/09/2020	Palmer Distribution Services	Pasadena	Tx	An employee was driving a forklift up a ramp. His right hand hit the ramp wall. The first four of his fingers were crushed, and the cutouts on a propane tank he was holding lacerated his hand. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.	Cuts, lacerations	Hand(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered	Walls
03/09/2020	Trimac Transportation	Pasadena	Tx	An employee was being trained on transferring acid from one tanker truck to another. He was connecting hoses and fittings between the trucks when nitric acid from the open end of one of the lines splashed onto his right arm. The employee was hospitalized for third degree chemical burns to 2.5% of the employee's right arm.	Chemical burns and corrosions	Arm(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue	Nitric acid
19/08/2020	Waste Management	Pasadena	Tx	An employee experienced cramping at the end of his shift. He was hospitalized for dehydration.	Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat	Heat-environmental
25/07/2020	Tansform CO SR Holding LLC	Pasadena	Texas	An employee was placing items into a jewelry safe. When the employee closed the safe door, her left thumb was crushed and partially amputated.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Cabinets, cases-display, storage
06/07/2020	Palmer Logistics	Pasadena	Texas	An employee dismounted a forklift and the forklift continued to move. As he reached for the parking brake, his leg got caught in the right rear tire and was lacerated. The employee was hospitalized.	Cuts, lacerations	Leg(s)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
26/06/2020	Walmart, Inc.	South Pasadena	Florida	An employee slipped on spilled hair lotion while stocking products on shelves. The employee fell to the concrete floor and suffered a broken right knee.	Fractures	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Floor	Chemical products
07/05/2020	Southeastern Grocers, Inc.	South Pasadena	Florida	While ringing out customers, an employee suffered an allergic reaction to latex from the gloves worn by customers.	Other or unspecified allergic reactions	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to other harmful substances	Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
17/03/2020	J.D. Abrams, L.P.	Pasadena	Texas	An employee was guiding a suspended conveyor belt by hand as its tension was adjusted. The employee's right-hand fingertips were caught between a plate and the adjustment nuts on the conveyor. The ring and little fingers were partially amputated.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Conveyors-belt
29/08/2019	PASADENA SKID & PALLET	Pasadena	Texas	An employee contacted a chain on the automatic nailing machine and it pulled his left middle finger into the sprocket amputating the fingertip.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery
22/08/2019	Kohls	Pasadena	Texas	An employee was walking and carrying pants inside the store when she tripped over another employee's foot. She fractured her left hip and elbow on the ground, requiring hospitalization.	Fractures	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object	Floor	Co-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker
31/07/2019	SER CONSTRUCTION PARTNERS, LTD	Pasadena	Texas	An employee was in the center of the street applying marks to the pavement for placement of reflective buttons to mark the lanes. An SUV turned onto the street at a high rate of speed. It dragged the employee before running them over with the front and rear tires. The employee sustained injuries including: an open fracture to the left pelvis; fractured right pelvis; bilateral hip fractures; fractured bones near the eye and cheek bone areas; fractured nose; bruised right lung; bruised liver; and	Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.	Head and trunk	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway	SUV, sports utility vehicle
14/07/2019	El Ahorro Supermarket #23	Pasadena	Texas	An employee was cutting meat with the saw machine when the bone slipped and the meat cutter lacerated his left index finger.	Cuts, lacerations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment	Butchering machinery
10/07/2019	Schutz Container System	Pasadena	Texas	An employee was carrying two plastic drums/containers when the top one bounced. It pinched and fractured his left thumb between the two containers. He was hospitalized.	Fractures	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker	Barrels, drums-except pressurized
24/05/2019	Rescar Companies	Pasadena	Texas	Employees were installing a coupler in a rail car. The coupler got stuck to the forks on the forklift and as they were attempting to loosen the coupler, it fell onto an employee's right foot causing an open fracture to the big toe.	Fractures	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part	Clamps, couplings	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
24/05/2019	Qualawash Holdings LLC	Pasadena	Texas	While cleaning a liquid bulk tank truck, an employee made dermal contact with aniline and was hospitalized for methemoglobinemia.	Anemia and other diseases of the blood and blood forming organs	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue	Aromatics
12/04/2019	Roadway Construction, LLC	Pasadena	Texas	An employee was cleaning out concrete at the bottom of a concrete pump hopper. The pump turned over and caught his fingers, causing partial amputations to two of them. He was hospitalized.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Agitators, mixers-earth, mineral
27/03/2019	Schutz Container Systems Inc.	Pasadena	Texas	An employee suffered chemical burns to both arms and legs when her arm entered a container holding caustic residue.	Chemical burns and corrosions	Upper and lower limb(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue	Chemicals and chemical products
21/03/2019	Qualawash Holdings, LLC.	Pasadena	Texas	An employee was flushing a transloading hose with cresylic acid into an intermediate bulk container. The hose slipped out of the tote and splashed residual product on the employee's face, causing burns to his face and eyes.	Chemical burns and corrosions	Multiple face locations	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue	Chemicals and chemical products
16/03/2019	The Lubrizol Corporation	Pasadena	Texas	An employee was about to walk into a control room when the door closed on his right middle finger. He was hospitalized.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate	Doors, except garage and vehicle
09/03/2019	BMWC Constructors GulfCoast Inc.	Pasadena	Texas	BMWC employees were unloading 18-inch pipe from a trailer and placing it on the ground. The pipe began to roll, trapped an employee's foot, and rolled up onto his leg, breaking his tibia. He was hospitalized.	Fractures	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely	Pipes, ducts, tubing
07/03/2019	Alamo Concrete Products Company	Pasadena	Texas	An employee fell from the step of a truck to the ground, breaking his right leg.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level	Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
04/03/2019	PCI Nitrogen LLC.	Pasadena	Texas	An employee was checking equipment when he fell from a grating cover 18 feet above ground level. He was hospitalized for a fractured hip.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet	Nonclassifiable	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
31/01/2019	C&Y Global	Pasadena	Texas	An employee was working on a machine that crushes brass shells when a part became congested. He was attempting to remove it when the machine's conveyor belt caught his shirt and then his right arm. He was hospitalized with a fractured right arm.	Fractures	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Special process machinery	Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
07/01/2019	Performance Contractor Incorporated	Pasadena	Texas	A foreman and his crew were about to take a section of a crane hook and move it into position. The foreman stopped work, noticing something wrong, and the pipe shifted and struck his hands while they were on the handrail. He suffered amputation injuries to his left ring and little fingers.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment	Nonclassifiable
04/01/2019	PPA Industries	Pasadena	Texas	An employee was attempting to remove a piece of cardboard from a conveyor when one of his left-hand fingers was pinched between the bars and the cross member.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Conveyors-powered
12/09/2018	Teadit North America, Inc.	Pasadena	Texas	An employee was loading a press machine when another employee suddenly started the machine. The injured employee's left hand was then caught between the press machine, fracturing fingers.	Fractures	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Presses, except printing
31/08/2018	Alpha Technical Services	Pasadena	Texas	An employee was testing the gun for a pressure washer when it shot high-pressure water into his hand. He suffered possible tendon damage, water under the skin of three fingers, and abrasions, requiring hospitalization.	Open wounds	Hand(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance	Pressurized water-blast	Power washers
07/08/2018	Turbex	Pasadena	Texas	An employee began experiencing cramps while working at a refinery, requiring hospitalization.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Nonclassifiable	Nonclassifiable	Nonclassifiable
10/07/2018	Wood Group	Pasadena	Texas	An employee was working with another employee, torqueing the manways on a tower. He came down around 2:30 p.m. due to the weather and went back up around 3:30. Around 4:45 the two finished the job. They came down and walked back to the lunch tent to rest, at which point the employee began vomiting. He was hospitalized for heat-stress-related illness.	Effects of heat and light	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat	Heat-environmental
14/06/2018	M&I Electric Industries, Inc.	Pasadena	Texas	An employee was performing maintenance on the load break switches of a 13.8 kV circuit when the employee came into contact with energized equipment and an arc flash occurred. The employee suffered third degree arc flash burns from the shoulders up to the head, requiring hospitalization.	Third or fourth degree electrical burns	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts	Switchboards, switches, fuses
31/05/2018	Mid America Pipeline Inc.	Pasadena	Texas	Employees were putting rebar together with chicken wire at a construction site when one employee became ill and dizzy, requiring hospitalization for heat exhaustion.	Heat exhaustion, prostration	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat	Heat-environmental
23/03/2018	Kaneka North America, LLC.	Pasadena	Texas	An employee was cleaning a screw conveyor and when he lifted a lid to clean underneath it , the conveyor pinched his left-hand fingertips. His index, middle, and ring fingertips were medically amputated. The conveyor was in motion at the time of the incident.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Conveyors-screw, auger
15/03/2018	Dow Chemical	Pasadena	Texas	An employee was performing maintenance on a pump. While pressure testing the pump before returning it to service, he was splashed with 93% sulfuric acid, receiving chemical burns to his thigh area and requiring hospitalization.	Chemical burns and corrosions	Thigh(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue	Sulfuric acid
05/03/2018	Affolter Contracting	Pasadena	Texas	An employee was spotting a dozer truck when it ran over the employee's legs, breaking the thighs and legs.	Fractures	Multiple leg locations	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area	Bulldozers
12/02/2018	The Mundy Companies,Inc.	Pasadena	Texas	An employee was cleaning resin from a surface of a 16" globe valve and valve body. The globe valve closed and severed three fingers on the employee's right hand.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Valves, nozzles
25/01/2018	Dow Chemical	Pasadena	Texas	An employee was helping to install an engine and screwing in a bolt when the engine slipped off its rigging and smashed his right index finger.	Crushing injuries	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment	Engines, turbines, except vehicle
07/01/2018	SCHUETZ CONTAINER SYSTEMS	Pasadena	Texas	An employee was unjamming a grinder when the blades moved again, cutting and breaking the employee's left ring and middle fingers.	Fractures	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Grinders, abraders
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