Report: Fall on same level due to slipping at Blackhawk Energy Services in Midland, Texas

On or about August 31, 2016, an employee was disconnecting drill pipe joints in the rig and slipped and fell. The drill pipe joint came down and struck his right hand middle and index fingers.

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Report: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone at ROBERTSON CONTRACTORS, INC. in Dyess, Arkansas

An employee was washing out a concrete bucket beside the guardrail of a bridge when a concrete delivery truck struck and pinned him between the left front side of the concrete delivery truck and the bridge guardrail. The employee sustained an injury to his right leg and was hospitalized.

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Report: Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle, unspecified at LCL Staffing in Fort Worth, Texas

An employee sustained a foot injury while operating a stand-up reach tractor.

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Report: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet at COASTAL CARGO COMPANY, L.L.C. in New Orleans, Louisiana

An employee fell 5 feet from a ladder and injured his wrist.

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Report: Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Bedford, Texas

An employee was beaten by a patient with a chair.

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Report: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified at Texas CES Inc. in Allison, Texas

An employee’s glove was caught in the tubing while making connections with tubing tongs. The employee’s arms were twisted around the tubing resulting in injuries to his arms and hand.

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Report: Fall on same level due to slipping at Discovery Senior Living in Garland, Texas

An employee slipped and fell on a wet floor while going to get water and injured her left knee.

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Report: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue at Riceland Foods, Inc. in Stuttgart, Arkansas

Two employees were trying to do preventive maintenance on a line. The line broke and they were exposed to hexane spray on their faces and in their eyes. One employee was hospitalized.

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Report: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part at Western Extrusions Corporation in Carrollton, Texas

An employee was walking in an aisle while a forklift operator was approaching with a cart on the front of a forklift. He saw the employee at the last moment and pressed the brakes all the way to the floor. The load shifted, rolled forward, and hit the employee, injuring her right hip and left […]

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Report: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment at Cleaver Brooks Sales and Service in Dallas, Texas

An employee was emptying trash from a 55-gallon drum into a larger trash bin when his left middle finger was caught between the trash drum and the large trash bin, clipping his finger.

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