Report: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part at W.W. Cannon, LLC. in Temple, Tx

Two employees were changing out a dock leveler’s dock plate. While the injured employee was on his hands and knees under the leveler, installing the keeper-pins, a forklift that had been holding up the dock leveler’s lip hinge moved back and released the dock plate. The plate fell on the injured employee, breaking most of […]

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Report: Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified at VCG Energy Group LLC in Lafayette, La

An employee was taking pressure readings on a hull when his right foot fell into the hull opening where grating had been removed. The employee was hospitalized with broken ribs and torn tissue in his knee.

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Report: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object at IEC US Holdings Inc in Houston, Texas

An employee walked into her cube, tripped over her chair, and hit her eye on her chair leg. She was hospitalized with a broken left leg and a right eye injury that required surgery.

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Report: Fall through surface or existing opening 21 to 25 feet at Gutier LLC in Houston, Texas

While moving plywood on a roof, an employee stepped into a hole and fell 25 feet onto concrete. The employee suffered a broken femur, broken arm, broken ribs, and brain swelling.

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Report: Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing at Sizzling Platter LLC in Harvey, Louisiana

An employee was assisting a customer. The customer pulled out a machete and attacked the employee, injuring her face, head, neck, and shoulders. She was hospitalized.

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Report: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified at Vitro Architectural Glass in Wichita Falls, Texas

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.

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Report: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. at LEDWELL & SON ENTERPRISES in Texarkana, Texas

An employee was holding a flashlight for his partner who was cutting a bumper off a truck when the bumper fell on the employee. He suffered a broken jaw and a damaged nerve around the eye.

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Report: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. at DeAngelo Brothers, LLC in Atkins, Arkansas

An employee was trimming an overhead limb off a felled tree when the tree branch fell and struck the employee. The employee suffered three fractured ribs, a collapsed lung, and a T-12 vertebrae fracture.

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Report: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. at The Comflow Company in Houston, Texas

A fire sprinkler pipe burst or became detached from an anchor, causing large pieces of piping to fall. A falling piece of the pipe stuck the employee in the shoulder and head. The employee suffered broken ribs, a broken sternum, a heart injury, two punctured lungs, and a crushed back vertebra that caused paralysis from […]

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Report: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway at Johnson Lumber Company, Inc. in Spavinaw, Oklahoma

An employee was operating a loader when it backed over a hill. The employee was thrown from the loader and was hospitalized for a dislocated shoulder, three broken ribs, a cracked pelvis and a bleeding spleen.

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