Report: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified at Industrial Metal Specialties in Dallas, Texas

An employee was sandblasting a 3,000-pound metal injector body when it flipped and fell on his left foot.

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Report: Overexertion in lifting-single episode at Lanxess Corporation in Little Rock, Arkansas

An employee was hospitalized for back spasms after lifting a stack of seven 9.5-pound parts into a box.

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Report: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway at Department of Homeland Security- Customs and Border Patrol in Laredo, Texas

An employee sustained a back injury during an ATV training event. The employee was operating the ATV up a berm, lost control and was ejected backwards off the ATV onto the ground as the nose of the ATV continued in a forward motion.

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Report: Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. at Downing Wellhead Equipment, LLC in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

An employee was attempting to hit a hammer wrench with a sledge hammer and missed. His hands hit the hammer wrench.

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Report: Fall on same level due to slipping at Capitol Land & Livestock Trucks, Inc. in Schwertner, Texas

An employee was loading a trailer when she slipped on cow manure and fell onto the trailer floor. The employee was hospitalized for a back injury.

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Report: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker at LCA Construction in Houston, Texas

While removing an old post, an employee’s right index fingertip was struck by a hammer. The employee was hospitalized.

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Report: Fall on same level due to slipping at JCPenney in Dallas, Texas

An employee was walking in the break room and slipped on the floor. The employee hit his chin and was hospitalized for surgery.

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Report: Overexertion in lifting-single episode at Dailey Electric, Inc. in Bellaire, Texas

An employee was lifting a hydraulic driller (coring machine) from the ground when he injured his back, requiring hospitalization.

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Report: Roadway collision with other vehicle, unspecified at Taylor Smith Consultant, LLC in Carrollton, Texas

An employee was standing on the step of a garbage truck when another garbage truck tried to squeeze between the truck and a car and struck the employee. The employee suffered pain on the left side of the entire body.

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Report: Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c. at West Oaks Hospital in Houston, Texas

An employee was talking to patients. Two of the patients got into an altercation and one fell backward, landing on the employee. The employee fell to the ground, sustaining a hip injury.

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