Report: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified at Thacker Industrial Service Company in Monroe, Louisiana

An employee was cutting a steam pipe. The pipe rolled off the stand and hit the employee. The employee suffered injuries to the right femur and left-side ribs.

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Report: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire at Smart Tires in El Paso, Texas

An employee was inflating a tire he had just mounted. It ruptured, causing severe injuries to both his arms.

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Report: Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode at MIC Group in Brenham, Texas

An employee on a ladder twisted and aggravated a hernia.

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Report: Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving at Southwest General Hospital in San Antonio, Texas

An employee was struck in the throat by a patient that came into the emergency room, suffering a contusion to the larynx.

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Report: Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet at Crescent Constructors Inc. in Irving, Texas

An employee was helping to disassemble a scaffold when the employee fell 13 feet through a board that gave way, suffering rib and back injuries.

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Report: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified at Bahena Steel, LLC in Dayton, Texas

An employee was arranging a rebar wall for a vault that was being constructed when three parts of the rebar became detached and struck the employee in the head and chest. The employee was hospitalized.

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Report: Struck by discharged object or substance at ABM Industries Inc in Houston, Texas

An employee was power-washing concrete at 4,500 psi. The water ran across his right foot, causing a wound to the big toe that required surgery.

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Report: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle at D&J Alexander Construction LP in Laredo, Texas

An employee was caught/struck by a backhoe bucket while attempting to open a storage container. The employee sustained injuries to both lower legs and was hospitalized.

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Report: Fall on same level, n.e.c. at Walmart Store 344 in El Campo, Texas

An employee lost her balance and fell backwards while putting back a hand-held basket. She injured her right hip.

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Report: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment at NOV WSS Brandt in Pecos, Texas

An employee was assisting a customer to position a shaker basket on a shaker skid utilizing a forklift operated by the customer. Three of the employee’s fingers on the left hand were caught and injured between the shaker basket and the cross support of the shaker skid.

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