Report: Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet at Neighbors, LLC. in West Monroe, Louisiana

An employee was going to turn the power off of an air conditioning unit located in the receiving area of the warehouse. The employee got into a bucket that was on top of a wooden pallet on the high-lift. The high-lift was extended about 25 feet into the air. As the employee reached towards the […]

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Report: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning at POLY-AMERICA, L.P. in Mont Belvieu, Texas

An employee was repairing the speed sensor alignment on a plastic grinder’s out-feed blower. A pipe wrench on the blower shaft spun around and caught his hand between the wrench and the blower housing resulting in lacerations to his hand and a crushing injury to his middle finger.

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Report: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation at West Fraser Wood Products, Inc. in Henderson, Texas

An employee was assisting a co-worker to straighten lumber in the saw mill stacker. His foot was caught in the chain and sprocket causing severe tissue damage, a hairline fracture to the heel and a damaged tendon.

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Report: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet at J J Plastering in Fulshear, Texas

An employee was climbing a ladder up a scaffold that he was erecting. He was carrying a section of the scaffold in his hand when the section became caught on the scaffold, causing him to lose his balance and fall approximately 8 feet. He suffered a cerebral injury, bruising, internal bleeding, loss of feeling in […]

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Report: Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident at Llano Logistics, Inc. in Lubbock, Texas

An employee reached for cases on a second level pick slot, grabbed the product and sat it onto their pallet jack while standing on the pallet jack platform. The employee then lost their footing and tried to catch themselves by grabbing the control handle. The directional control was triggered in the forward direction. Their right […]

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Report: Mauled, clawed, or scratched by animal at Red River Livestock in Overbrook, Oklahoma

An employee was moving cattle when a bull broke loose and mauled the employee, who suffered internal and external bodily injuries.

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Report: Fall on same level, unspecified at HD Supply Construction Supply, Ltd. in Beaumont, Texas

An employee was walking in the rebar shop when he fell to the floor, suffering facial contusions and an injury to the vertebrae in his neck.

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Report: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment at Waste Management in Fort Worth, Texas

An employee was working on a residential route picking up bulk items in a trash rear-load truck when his left middle finger was caught and crushed between a gap in a saw horse. The side of his finger was also cut open from the knuckle to the fingernail.

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Report: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet at All Trades Electrical Contractor in El Paso, Texas

An employee was replacing a fluorescent light fixture when he was shocked and fell off a ladder approximately 5 feet high. The employee suffered an injury to his shoulder blade from the fall as well as the electrical shock from the light fixture. The employee was admitted to the hospital.

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Report: Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified at Elpidio Iruegas in San Antonio, Texas

An employee was pulling painting materials up onto the roof with a rope. He tripped on a skylight and fell through it to the first floor. The employee suffered lacerations, contusions and possible broken bones.

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