Report: Fall on same level, n.e.c. at Walmart, Inc. in Rowlett, Texas

An employee fell while walking, suffering a hip injury.

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Report: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone at Angel Brothers Enterprises, LTD in Mathis, Texas

An employee was resetting a traffic barrel on its side when an automobile veered off the road and struck the employee. The employee sustained injury to the legs, ribs and wrist.

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Report: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified at Cohn & Gregory in Haltom City, Texas

An employee suffered a laceration and wrist injury while operating a roll groove machine.

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Report: Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, unspecified at Home Depot #380 in Zachary, Louisiana

An employee was moving freight when she tried to move an electric pallet jack out of her way by releasing the lever on the electric pallet jack and allowing it to roll away. She was standing between the pallet jack and the dock door when the pallet jack rolled towards her. She was caught between […]

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Report: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning at American Plant Food Corporation in Galena Park, Texas

An employee was conducting routine cleaning using a long hoe to scrape and collect excess material (ammonium sulfate) from a moving conveyor line when she was struck by and caught in the line. Other employees came to her aid and cut her loose. She was hospitalized with injuries to her neck, chest, and sternum. The […]

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Report: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. at FEDEX Freight, Inc. in Lubbock, Texas

An employee was trying to hook up a trailer. As he lowered the landing gear with a crank, the crank handle slipped and struck him in the jaw. He was hospitalized, needing surgery.

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Report: Fall, slip, trip, unspecified at Las Palmas Medical Center in El Paso, Texas

An employee fell during work and injured her knee, requiring surgery.

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Report: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning at FedEx Ground Packaging in Hutchins, Texas

While sorting packages on a conveyor, an employee attempted to push a loose bolt that came out of a package and became lodged between the roller’s transition plate and incline conveyor belt when the conveyor pinched the employee’s right index fingertip.

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Report: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet at R2 Corporation in Houston, Texas

An employee was loading an order of office chairs onto the second level of a semi-trailer truck, which required other employees to pass the chairs up to him so he could roll them back across plywood flooring that he was sitting on. He then attempted to stand up on the edge of the sheet of […]

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Report: Fall on same level, unspecified at UPS in Fort Worth, Texas

An employee was walking on a conveyor belt when he fell and twisted his ankle.

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