Report: Stepped on object at Eddins Furniture in Lubbock, Texas

An employee was unboxing furniture and stepped on a nail on the furniture frame.

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Report: Other animal bites, nonvenomous at United States Postal Service in Irving, Texas

An employee was delivering mail when a dog came from behind and bit him in the left ankle and left palm.

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Report: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation at Pilgrims Pride in Nacogdoches, Texas

On June 28, 2016, at approximately 8:45 PM, an employee was operating a machine when his arm contacted the shackle wheel guide bar on the equipment, puncturing his right forearm.

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Report: Struck by discharged object or substance at URS Federal Technical Services-AECOM in Fort Polk, Louisiana

An employee was holding and using a pressurized pneumatic grease gun when a leak in the line caused pressurized grease to inject into his left middle finger between the first and second knuckle.

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Report: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker at KEROTEST MANUFACTURING CORP. in Mansura, Louisiana

An employee was removing burrs on a set of custom-made aluminum jaws with a 10-inch hand file, when the file struck the jaws while they were still spinning in the chuck of the lathe. The file then pushed back into the employee’s left-hand palm, causing a deep puncture wound.

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Report: Other animal bites, nonvenomous at A Caring Doctor (Texas) PC in Pasadena, Texas

An employee was sedating a cat for a procedure when the cat broke out of its carrier and bit the employee on a finger. The bite became infected.

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Report: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker at Koch-Glitsch LP in Houston, Texas

An employee was injured while operating a handheld drill. The drill bit slipped and struck the employee’s left hand while she was holding a piece of plastic and drilling.

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Report: Other animal bites, nonvenomous at Amarillo Veterinary Clinic in Amarillo, Texas

An employee was attempting to retrieve a cat from a cage to give it a shot when the cat turned and bit her.

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Report: Needlestick without exposure to harmful substance at SIMMONS FOODS, INC. in Huntsville, Arkansas

An employee was injecting a vaccine into chickens on a poultry farm along a conveying system and stuck the back of his left index finger with the injection apparatus.

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Report: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified at Duit Construction CO, INC. in Henryetta, Oklahoma

An employee was attaching a hydraulic coupler and sustained a puncture wound to the left index finger.

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