Report: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning at Diamond S Land & Cattle in Reagan, Texas

An employee was cleaning out the grain bin while the auger was running. The employee was caught by the auger and suffered a right leg injury that will need surgery.

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Report: Overexertion in lifting, lowering, unspecified at United Parcel Service in Mckinney, Texas

An employee was sorting packages and felt back pain.

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Report: Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. at Saddle Creek Logistics in Fort Worth, Texas

An employee was operating a standup lift when it jerked and he lost control. He then attempted to exit the lift. During the attempt, his left foot was caught underneath the lift, suffering skin damage.

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Report: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part at S&B Engineers and Constructors, LTD in Baytown, Texas

A pipefitting crew was installing wear pads on a 30-inch-diameter pipe. When they lifted the pipe with a chain fall, it fell approximately 1 to 2 feet and pinched an employee’s right foot between the pipe and support, injuring his right small toe, fourth toe, and the distal portion of his foot. He was hospitalized.

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Report: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment at Fluor Enterprises in Freeport, Texas

An employee was helping to install section pipe when the employee’s right middle finger was caught and pinched between the flanges of pipe and the existing line.

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Report: Other fall to lower level, unspecified at PJ Food Service in Grand Prairie, Texas

An employee was emptying trash into an outside dumpster. He climbed a ladder to stomp down the trash. While he was getting back onto the ladder from the dumpster, he lost his footing and fell to the ground below, injuring his back and head.

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Report: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified at John Plott Company, Inc. in Shreveport, Louisiana

An employee was inside a trench box waiting on pipe to be lowered when a piece of PVC pipe fell from above and struck the employee’s leg above the ankle.

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Report: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object at State Farm Insurance Company in Austin, Texas

An employee was stepping backward from a chair in the cafeteria when she bumped into a bench behind her and fell, suffering left hip/lower back pain.

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Report: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified at Bobcat of Fort Worth in Fort Worth, Texas

An employee was working on a machine when his right hand was trapped and injured between two parts.

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Report: Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified at HE Wright and Company, Inc. in Texarkana, Texas

While installing metal sheets on a roof, an employee fell through an old sheet of roofing material to the concrete below, suffering a left arm injury.

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