Report: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue at AAA Cooper Transportation in Grand Prairie, Texas

An employee was checking inside a trailer to see what liquid had spilled and why. Paint stripper had spilled onto the doors of the trailer. The employee closed the door on the trailer and the paint stripper splashed into both eyes, requiring hospitalization.

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Report: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part at Kloeckner Metals in Dallas, Texas

An employee was helping to move bundles of steel with an overhead crane when the steel fell and struck the employee’s right leg.

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Report: Overexertion and bodily reaction, unspecified at TYSON FRESH MEATS in Sherman, Texas

While moving trailers with a shag truck, an employee complained of chest pains and was hospitalized.

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Report: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached at Carter & Carter Construction, LLC in Frisco, Texas

An employee was holding a pole and waiting for a forklift to push the pole into the ground. The pin was missing on the forklift forks, allowing them to fall and hit the employee’s lip. The employee fell to the ground and suffered a back injury.

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Report: Other fall to lower level, unspecified at Chamberlin Roofing & Waterproofing in Dallas, Texas

An employee was working from a 10-12 foot extension ladder and fell to the ground resulting in injuries to the employee’s left wrist and shoulder.

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Report: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle at RICHARDS CAJUN FOODS CORPORATION in Church Point, Louisiana

An employee was saving palletized boxes in a storage container. He stood up on the dashboard of the forklift with the back lever down causing the forklift mast to tilt back and pin him between the forklift cab and forklift mast.

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Report: Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident at McNeilus Trucking, Inc. in Covington, Louisiana

An employee was reversing a forklift while moving equipment/merchandise when his left foot was pinched between an I-beam and the forklift.

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Report: Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet at Parsley's Sheet Metal and Roofing Company in Pampa, Texas

An employee was performing roofing operations at a house when he walked over the opening of a skylight that had been covered with insulation and fell through it approximately 8 feet to the ground. He received cuts to his head, possible broken ribs, and a back injury, requiring hospitalization.

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Report: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. at RSM Co. in Southland, Texas

An employee was walking up and down an aisle inspecting lint cleaners when his right arm became caught in the rollers of a lint cleaner. The lint cleaner was guarded at the time.

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Report: Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving at Walmart in Lake Charles, Louisiana

An employee was attempting to stop shoplifters when he was pushed down, injuring his back and hip (possible broken hip). He was hospitalized.

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