Report: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified at Code Electric Inc. in El Paso, Texas

An employee moved a bundle of sheetrock in order to look behind it but it fell on his leg, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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Report: Overexertion in lifting-single episode at FD Productions in Katy, Texas

An employee and a coworker were lifting pieces of a stage and stacking them on a cart when the employee felt sharp pain in his back and collapsed onto his side. He was hospitalized.

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Report: Fall on same level due to slipping at Logistics Insight Corportation in Grand Prairie, Texas

An employee was pre-inspecting a powered industrial truck when he slipped on hydraulic fluid and fell to the floor, injuring his head, back, and hip.

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Report: Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet at BB & S Construction Co. in Mckinney, Texas

An employee was installing wall ties when he stepped on a non-scaffold-grade board and fell approximately 20 feet through to the ground below. He suffered back pain and was hospitalized.

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Report: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area at Quality Brickworks in Dallas, Texas

An employee was walking backwards alongside a forklift to help steady the load (scaffold component). He tripped and fell and was run over by the forklift injuring his right thigh and left leg.

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Report: Fall on same level, n.e.c. at Helena Chemical in Burkburnett, Texas

An employee was disconnecting a trailer and pulling on the release when he fell backwards and hit the ground, passing out and injuring his spine.

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Report: Fall on same level, unspecified at Allied Universal Security System in Clarksville, Arkansas

An employee was providing access control to other employees. She was walking down the hall when she fell and injured her nose, forehead, and left arm, requiring hospitalization.

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Report: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment at Prolamsa Inc. in Laredo, Texas

The injured employee was placing a wooden 4″x 4″ stud under a metal roll and the load slipped pinching his left index fingertip.

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Report: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified at Complete Property Services Inc. in Corpus Christi, Texas

The injured employee was doing construction work from scaffolding. The scaffolding tipped over injuring the employee’s arms, chest and legs.

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Report: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle at JP Oil Services, LLC in White Castle, Louisiana

An employee was pumping water down tubing to get mud back to a frac tank. When the pump pressured up, the inner rubber of the hose came apart, plugging the hose and causing it to blow out of the tank. The hose then struck the employee’s wrist and chest.

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