Report: Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising at Dell Children's Hospital in Austin, Texas

An employee bent down to pick up objects on the floor. As she stood up, she hit the back of her head on a shelf.

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Report: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. at Fabens Production Inc. in Fabens, Texas

An employee was operating a backhoe to place trimmed pecan tree branches onto a trailer. The employee struck a tree that had trimmed branches still suspended from it. One branch came loose and fell, striking the employee’s head and causing a traumatic head injury.

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Report: Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet at Forterra in New Orleans, Louisiana

An employee fell 8 feet through an opening in the floor into a pit that housed an inactive machine’s engine components, suffering a head injury.

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Report: Fall, slip, trip, unspecified at TriOak Foods, Inc. in Turpin, Oklahoma

An employee was at a truck wash location and fell and hit his head.

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Report: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet at Austin Golf Club in Spicewood, Texas

An employee fell approximately 5 feet from a ladder resulting in a head injury.

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Report: Fall on same level, n.e.c. at Traffic & Lighting Systems, LLC in Jenks, Oklahoma

An employee was moving a signal arm at a toll booth gate when a nylon sling failed, causing the arm to swing down and strike the employee’s chest. He fell to the ground and struck his head.

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Report: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified at Ehrlich Design Builders in Arlington, Texas

Employees were cleaning up the warehouse area when a bundle of boards fell onto an employee striking their head. Two hours later the injured employee suffered stroke-like symptoms and was hospitalized.

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Report: Other fall to lower level, unspecified at Columbia Packing Co., Inc in Dallas, Texas

An employee fell while getting out of a dumpster and struck his head, requiring hospitalization.

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Report: Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, unspecified at Austin Bridge and Road, LP in Frisco, Texas

An employee was helping a three-man crew with a backhoe to lift a walk-behind saw approximately 6 inches and move it forward approximately 3 feet. The employee attached rigging from the walk-behind saw to the backhoe and stood to the side of the forks approximately 4 feet away. As the backhoe operator lifted the saw, […]

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Report: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. at FedEx Express in Fort Worth, Texas

An employee pressed a button to raise an overhead door and ducked under the door as it was rising. The door broke loose from the its cable and fell, striking his head.

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