Waco Texas – Machine Injury & Accidents

In recent years, there have been an increasing number of machinery accidents in Waco Texas. This could be due to a combination of factors, including the aging and deteriorating infrastructure, a lack of training, and the increasing use of equipment that is not properly maintained. If you are injured as a result of a machinery accident in Waco Texas, you may be able to get compensation. Contact a lawyer today.

Manufacturing Companies

Waco is home to a number of manufacturing companies, including:

Versalift East, L.L.C.
United American Acquisition Corp.
Alamo Structural Steel, LLC
Marathonnorco Aerospace, Inc.
O’Flaherty Holdings Inc
Hobbs Bonded Fibers Na, LLC
Hobbs Bonded Fibers, LLC

Easy Gardener Products Inc
Schultz Industries, Inc.
Ecd Acquisitions, Inc.
Wrs Group, Ltd.
Packless Metal Hose, Inc.
Donnelly Communications, Inc.
Texas Meter and Device Company, LLC

Machinery Accidents

When a machinery accident happens, the consequences can be severe. In Waco, Texas, this is especially true given the nature of the industry in which many of these accidents occur.

If you have been injured in a machinery accident, you may be entitled to compensation. Contact a Waco Texas machinery accident lawyer to find out more. Our team can help you understand your legal rights and what steps you can take to maximize your chances of recovering damages.

Here are examples of accidents in Waco that have resulted in serious injuries or death.

AccidentDate	Employer	City	State	Description	Injury	Body Part	Event	Injury Source	Other Injury Source
01/11/2021	Owens-Illinois	Waco	Tx	An employee was taking blank temperatures on a forming machine. As the employee inserted blank temperature probes into the blanks, their right index finger was pinched between the blank arm and the operating shaft. The finger was degloved to the first knuckle, and was later medically amputated.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery	Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery
16/09/2021	U.S. Greenfiber, LLC	Waco	Tx	A temporary employee was adjusting film on a bagger machine. As he pulled his hand out from the longitudinal bag sealer bar, the bar came down and amputated the tips of two fingers on his left hand.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery	Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
15/09/2021	COCA COLA BOTTLING CO.	Waco	Tx	On September 15, 2021, at 9:50 PM, an employee was operating a ride-on pallet jack and fell off while navigating a turn. The pallet jack then struck the employee and pinned his ankles against a pallet. The employee was hospitalized for bilateral ankle fractures.	Fractures	Ankle(s)	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway	Pallet jack-powered
20/08/2021	Jessup Manufactured Housing, LLC	Waco	Tx	An employee was attempting to remove a jammed staple in a pneumatic staple gun. The staple gun fired a 2-inch staple into the employee's right thumb and palm.	Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds	Hand(s) and finger(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance	Staples	Stapling tools-electric or pneumatic
09/07/2021	Holt TX, LTD	Waco	Tx	An employee was removing a pin from a portable track press. The pin struck the employee on the head causing a laceration.	Cuts, lacerations	Head	Struck by object or equipment	Machine and appliance parts
24/02/2021	Waco Boom Manufacturing, LLC	Waco	Tx	An employee was cutting a billet with a horizontal bandsaw. As the employee closed the vise, his finger was pinched between the vise and the billet. He suffered a partial fingertip amputation.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Band saws
06/02/2021	Tractor Supply Distribution Center	Waco	Tx	An employee was driving down the main aisle towards the bulk heavy area. The employee's lower left leg was caught between the lift and the pallet stop at the end of an aisle.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered	Structural elements, n.e.c.
08/01/2021	Alamo Structural Steel, LLC	Waco	Tx	An employee was trying to flip a square steel tube using a flip bar. The tube did not flip all the way and came back down onto the employee's left pinky and ring fingers, crushing them against the edge of another steel tube. The employee's left pinky finger was amputated at the first joint and the ring finger was lacerated.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.	Metal pipes, tubing	Crowbars
16/10/2020	Clayton Homes	Waco	Tx	An employee was cutting a 1x4 piece of wood using a miter saw when the saw lacerated his left middle finger and amputated his left ring fingertip.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment	Sawing machinery-stationary
16/10/2020	Sisk-Robb, Incorporated	Waco	Tx	An employee cut into an electrical conduit wire while he was removing asbestos insulation from a demolition site. The employee was hospitalized for electrical burns.	Electrical burns	Nonclassifiable	Indirect exposure to electricity	Cutting handtools-power not determined	Electrical wiring-building
12/10/2020	Knife River	Waco	Tx	A team member was unhooking the asphalt oil supply line from a tanker truck when hot asphalt oil sprayed onto his hands and arms causing burns that required hospitalization.	Heat (thermal) burns	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances	Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
05/10/2020	M. Lipsitz & Co., Ltd.	Waco	Tx	An employee was operating a forklift. The forklift left the roadway and overturned and the employee suffered a fractured left arm and leg.	Fractures	Upper and lower limb(s)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
30/09/2020	Waco Boom Manufacturing, LLC	Waco	Tx	An employee was carrying a pallet, tripped on a rock, and fell on the parking lot. The employee suffered a fractured upper right leg.	Fractures	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object	Parking lot	Rocks, crushed stone
17/06/2020	Swan Products, LLC	Waco	Texas	An employee was about to start winding the core of a hose on a reel, which requires attaching the end of the core to an air inlet on the side of the reel. The reel becomes automated once the hose core is attached and begins to spin. When she went to attach the core to the air inlet, the reel began to automatically spin. Her hand was caught between the spinning reel and a clamp that holds the pin in, resulting in a fracture to the second metacarpal bone of the left hand.	Fractures	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Winders, unwinders
09/06/2020	Renaissance Contractors, Inc.	Waco	Texas	While an employee was disconnecting a sling, an I-beam slid downward pinching the employee's finger. He sustained an amputation to the left ring fingertip.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Beams-unattached metal
29/05/2020	Knife River Corporation	Waco	Texas	An employee was using a gas trimmer to cut brush when he was stung by a wasp on the left arm. The employee swatted with his right hand across his body and made contact with the blades of the trimmer, amputating the tip of his right ring finger.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker	Lawn edgers, clippers, trimmers-powered	Bees, hornets, wasps
08/05/2020	Packless Industries	Waco	Texas	An employee initiated a machine to start a production cycle. His hand was in the path of the machine's closing guard, which closed on and caused the amputation of his left index finger's distal phalanx.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery
05/05/2020	Time Manufacturing Company - Versalift	Waco	Texas	While carrying wood blocks, an employee turned, tripped, and fell. The employee's head hit a metal tool box, requiring hospitalization.	Intracranial injuries	Brain	Fall on same level due to tripping over self	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
25/01/2020	Waco Boom	Waco	Texas	An employee was operating machinery when their left ring finger was caught, resulting in a fingertip amputation.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Machinery
23/01/2020	Texas Lehigh Cement Compan	Waco	Texas	An employee was stepping down from a 12-inch-high scale when the employee fell and fractured the right arm.	Fractures	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Tools, instruments, and equipment	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
15/01/2020	AAFES Waco Distribution Center	Waco	Texas	An employee was operating an overhead crane to lift a forklift battery for cleaning when his left middle finger was caught in the crane clamp, resulting in a left middle fingertip amputation.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
06/09/2019	Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.	Waco	Texas	An employee was putting bottles on a pallet. A bottle broke, lacerating his left wrist.	Cuts, lacerations	Wrist(s)	Injured by object breaking in hand	Bottles, jugs, flasks
05/09/2019	Galbraith Lumber Company	Waco	Texas	An employee working in the yard started feeling weak and was cramping. He was hospitalized for heat stroke.	Heat stroke	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat	Heat-environmental
21/08/2019	B-Corp Utilities, Inc.	Waco	Texas	An employee was holding a piece of metal attached to a cable when the cable pulled and the employee's hand was caught between a metal part and pipe, causing an amputation of the left middle finger above the second joint.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Metal materials-nonstructural	Pipes, ducts, tubing
19/08/2019	Clarke Products, Inc.	Waco	Texas	An employee was using a table saw when the wood flipped and the employee's hand slipped, resulting in a left thumb tip amputation.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment	Table saws
07/08/2019	Flamco of Texas	Waco	Texas	An employee was standing on top of forklift forks when the forks were lowered and the employee's finger was caught in the hydraulic pinch point. The employee's left index fingertip was amputated.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
26/04/2019	Pilgrims	Waco	Texas	An employee was unclogging a drain with a mechanical plumbers snake when his right hand was entangled in the hose resulting in the amputation of the right thumb tip.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker	Augers, plumbing snakes-nonpowered
12/03/2019	Elixir Door & Metals Company	Waco	Texas	An employee was adjusting a jammed machine when his finger was amputated.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Machinery
05/03/2019	Knife River Corporation - South	Waco	Texas	Wear plates for a mixer were being manufactured. The bit that was used to punch holes shattered and a fragment of it lodged in an employee's neck.	Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle	Metal chips, particles	Braces-nonpowered
21/01/2019	Time Manufacturing	Waco	Texas	An employee was operating a lathe and was sanding a 1.5 x 20-inch chrome pipe with sand paper when the sand paper became caught on the rotating chuck. The sand paper grabbed his glove and pulled his right hand and arm into the machine, up to his neck. The employee suffered a severe laceration to the face and neck.	Cuts, lacerations	Head and neck	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Metalworking lathes	Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
02/08/2018	Owens-Brockway Glass Container	Waco	Texas	An employee was working at the back of a bottle-making machine, adjusting one of its parameters. His hand was caught between the arm and frame of the machine, and his left ring finger was amputated at the first joint.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.	Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery
30/07/2018	AAFES Waco Distribution Center	Waco	Texas	An employee was working from an extension ladder, about 16 feet high, to check an air conditioning vent. The ladder slipped and he fell to the ground, breaking ribs and his right arm, suffering kidney and lung contusions, and striking his head.	Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet	Extension ladders	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
19/07/2018	Axion Structural Innovations, LLC	Waco	Texas	An employee was working from a scissor lift about 4 or 5 feet above the ground, removing R-panels from the outside of a tin building. He slipped, and his right hand contacted an exhaust fan mounted on a panel. The fan blade lacerated his right ring finger and partially amputated the nail bed on the little finger.	Amputations	Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)	Struck against object or equipment	Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
14/05/2018	Equalizer, Inc.	Waco	Texas	An employee was using a ladder to enter and clean a liquid fertilizer tank when he fell. He sustained a cracked skull, broken ribs, and bruised organs, requiring hospitalization.	Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level	Ladders	Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
08/05/2018	Sanderson Farms	Waco	Texas	While attempting to remove a chicken thigh from a plastic modular belting line, an employee's finger was caught on a section of the belt resulting in amputation of the right middle fingertip.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized
27/02/2018	Bush's Chicken	Waco	Texas	An employee was walking by the fryers when he slipped and fell, suffering burns on his right hand and wrist.	Heat (thermal) burns	Hand(s) and wrist(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Floor
30/01/2018	CARGILL	Waco	Texas	An employee was using a pneumatic cutter to cut a turkey neck when the cutter amputated his middle fingertip.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Butchering machinery
18/08/2017	Esco Laminating Texas, Inc.	Waco	Texas	An employee was operating a saw when he heard a pop sound. He turned off the saw and was inspecting it when then the still-rotating blade amputated his left index finger. The blade cover was removed at the time of the incident.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Sawing machinery-stationary
14/08/2017	Marathon Norco	Waco	Texas	An employee's left- and right-hand fingers were smashed by metal plates as they were being lowered.	Crushing injuries	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Metal plates, metal panels
26/07/2017	Axion Structural Innovations LLC	Waco	Texas	An employee was cleaning shavings from a drill when a coworker pushed a rail tie down the rollers. The injured employee's left index fingertip was pinched and partially amputated between the tie and the drill.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Building materials-solid elements	Drills-stationary
05/07/2017	Medxcel Facilities Management	Waco	Texas	An employee was picking up trash when he fainted due to dehydration and hit his head on the floor.	Heat syncope	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat	Heat-environmental
24/05/2017	HOBBS BONDED FIBERS	Waco	Texas	An employee was underneath a card apron attempting to remove fibers from the fan blower. He was trying to un-choke the hose inside the fan housing when his right hand made contact with the rotating blades, amputating his ring finger.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment	Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
26/04/2017	Coca Cola	Waco	Texas	An employee was troubleshooting a machine from a ladder when he fell from the ladder and struck the floor. He was hospitalized for a fractured right leg and fractured right elbow.	Fractures	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level	Ladders-fixed
09/02/2017	Pilgrims	Waco	Texas	An employee was placing a hold tag on a pallet in the shipping dock area when a forklift struck him, fracturing his left leg.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
06/01/2017	Flamco of Texas Inc.	Waco	Texas	An employee was feeding materials into a machine when her glove was caught in the rollers, pulling her fingers in and amputating her left hand.	Amputations	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery	Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
11/10/2016	Tractor Supply	Waco	Texas	An employee was operating a stand-up forklift when his foot was caught between the lift and a column, fracturing his left ankle and heel.	Fractures	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered	Structural elements, n.e.c.
30/08/2016	Martin Marietta	Waco	Texas	While climbing out of the tanker truck, an employee missed a step and fell to the ground fracturing their femur.	Fractures	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
03/08/2016	Equibrand Holding Corporation	Waco	Texas	While roping cattle at a team roping event, an employee's right thumb became caught in the rope and was amputated.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Entangled in other object or equipment	Rope, twine, string
16/06/2016	L3 Communication PID	Waco	Texas	An employee was descending a ladder when he missed the last step. He grabbed onto the ladder of the injured employee, who was working next to him, knocking him off. The injured employee suffered a collapsed lung and cracked ribs.	Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level	Step ladders	Co-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker
11/05/2016	Cargill Meat Solutions	Waco	Texas	While swabbing operating equipment, an employee's sleeve was caught in the conveyor, pulling the employee's left arm into the machine. The employee's arm suffered a compound fracture and skin removal.	Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.	Conveyors-powered	Clothing, n.e.c.
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