Report: Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode at Cheif Fire Systems, Inc. in Missouri City, Texas

An employee was installing a fire system from a ladder. He stepped awkwardly off the ladder and suffered muscular/tendon damage to his left knee/ankle.

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Report: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning at Walmart Distribution Center #6016 in New Braunfels, Texas

An employee was troubleshooting a conveyor belt when the conveyor injured his left-hand tendons, requiring surgery.

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Report: Overexertion in lifting-single episode at Advanced Pavement Maintenance in Amarillo, Texas

An asphalt crew was lifting a piece of equipment when an employee strained his back and injured ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

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Report: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation at Owens Corning, LLC in Waxahachie, Texas

An employee was attempting to remove paper from between rollers on the manufacturing line. The employee’s glove got caught in the rollers pulling her left arm into the rollers resulting in tissue damage to the arm.

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Report: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified at Atlas Roofing Corporation in Ardmore, Oklahoma

An employee was hand feeding a shingle sheet between two rolls. The sheet pulled the employee’s right hand between the rolls resulting in a tendon injury and swollen hand.

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Report: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet at Customs and Border Protection-Sierra Blanca in Sierra Blanca, Texas

While walking, an employee slipped off a curb and injured his right calf muscle. He was admitted to the hospital for treatment.

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Report: Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving at Correct Care Solutions, LLC in Conroe, Texas

Two employees were trying to subdue a patient who became unruly and was attempting to fight with another patient. The patient fought back and knocked the employee into a wall causing a pectoral muscle injury. The employee was hospitalized.

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Report: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment at WEST FRASER SOUTH INC in Joyce, Louisiana

An employee was repairing a debarker machine. The arm of the machine was loosened and fell on the employee’s hand fracturing a finger and injuring a tendon that required surgery to repair.

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Report: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning at Tyson Foods, Inc. in Amarillo, Texas

An employee was training a coworker in the processing division when he noticed something caught in an overhead conveyor. When he went to remove it, his glove got caught in the conveyor, twisting his right wrist and injuring his extensor tendon.

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Report: Nonclassifiable at Carber in Port Arthur, Texas

An employee was waiting for welders to complete an isolation on a pipe. The employee started cramping and was hospitalized with a muscle injury.

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