Report: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet at G L Z Acoustics, LLC in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

An employee was working on a scaffold raised to a height of approximately four feet to install can light trim and sheet rock the ceiling. As the employee exited the end of the scaffold, he mis-stepped on the rung of the ladder integrated to the scaffold. He fell backward and struck his head on the […]

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Report: Other fall to lower level, unspecified at AMERICAN AIRLINES in Dfw Airport, Texas

An employee was loading a last-minute bag into the cargo bin of an aircraft. The belt loader that was normally used was pulled away, so the employee jumped from the ground to the cargo bin. The employee fell from the cargo bin and struck the back of his head on the concrete, suffering a traumatic […]

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Report: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle at C & D Scrap Metal Recyclers in Houston, Texas

An employee was using a shear to cut through a piece of iron. When the shear cut through, the piece of metal flew back and struck the employee in the back. He sustained a concussion, skull fracture, and a fractured rib.

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Report: Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified at Centimark Corporation in El Paso, Texas

An employee fell through a roof while installing decking and was hospitalized for a fractured skull and pelvis, a brain bleed and a laceration to the right elbow.

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Report: Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden at Cactus Feeders in Hale Center, Texas

An employee had finished his break. He then mounted a horse and was leaving the horse barn area. The horse began to buck and threw the employee to the ground. The employee sustained a separated shoulder, a left-side subdural hematoma, and a temporal fracture.

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Report: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway at U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Brownsville, Texas

An employee was riding in the cargo bed area of an ATV while completing an exercise when she fell off the ATV and hit her head on the pavement. She was hospitalized with a fracture at the temporal lobe and hemorrhage of the frontal lobe.

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Report: Ran off driving surface, nonroadway at Altman Specialty Plants Inc. in Austin, Texas

After performing her duties, an employee was parking the tractor at the dock. The tractor went off the dock and the employee was hospitalized with a fractured skull and a subdural hematoma.

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Report: Other fall to lower level, unspecified at Billingsley Hyundai of Lawton, L.L.C. in Lawton, Oklahoma

An employee was using a 6-foot step ladder to clean a convex mirror when she fell from the ladder, striking her head on the concrete floor. She suffered a fracture of the skull at the base of the head, a broken right shoulder blade, and two brain bleeds in the front of her head.

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Report: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, roadway at Professional Traffic Control in Houston, Texas

Several employees were riding in a flatbed truck. The truck had to swerve to avoid a barrel in the road and an employee fell out onto the street. The employee suffered a laceration to the right ear, a broken bone in the right ear area, and lost consciousness. The employee was hospitalized.

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Report: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified at Kloeckner Metals Corperation in New Orleans, Louisiana

While securing a load of steel plates with chains and binders, an employee suffered lacerations to the head, a skull fracture, and a concussion.

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