OSHA Injury Reports

This OSHA Injury Report was compiled directly from data that is publicly available from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). OSHA Injury Reports can be helpful in understanding the types of workplace injury claims involving defective products or malfunctioning equipment in the workplace. 

The manufacturers of defective equipment or machinery resulting in a worker injury may be found to be negligent and liable for damages in a separate civil lawsuit. You may be able to recover damages on top of a workers’ comp claim if injured in a job accident caused, in part, by a third party. These third party personal injury cases should be given responsible legal guidance.

Trammell Piazza Law Firm claims no responsibility for any errors or inconsistencies in OSHA’s data.

Report: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment at NOV WSS Brandt in Pecos, Texas

An employee was assisting a customer to position a shaker basket on a shaker skid utilizing a forklift operated by the customer. Three of the employee’s fingers on the left hand were caught and injured between the shaker basket and the cross support of the shaker skid.

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Report: Contact with hot objects or substances at Freebirds World Burrito in San Antonio, Texas

An employee was working on the kitchen in front of a steam table. While lifting a tray, his hand slipped into the steam table water, burning his right hand. He was hospitalized and required surgery.

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Report: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object at Walmart Supercenter #746 in Temple, Texas

An employee was at a register checking out customers. The employee scanned toilet paper and proceeded to grab the hand-held scanner. The employee was walking around the bag carousel to the customer’s cart when the employee’s foot was caught on the corner of the fixed carousel. The employee tripped, lost balance, and fell to the […]

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Report: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object at MERCY HOSPITAL in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

An employee was cleaning a restroom. He discovered water spots on the floor in one of the stalls and placed a caution sign on the floor. As he was about to get a mop, he tripped over the sign and fell to the floor, suffering facial contusions and neck strain. He was hospitalized, undergoing spine […]

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Report: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning at Georgia Pacific Lumber Operations - Pineland in Pineland, Texas

An employee had been realigning a conveyor chain at an unscrambler. The employee went back to grab a board off the conveyor the machine started. The employee’s arm was pinched between the chain and the unscrambler wall; the employee suffered fractures to the left ulna, radius, and hand, as well as a laceration between the […]

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Report: Shooting by other person-intentional at KMAC Enterprises, Inc. in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

An employee was shot by a customer after an altercation began at the drive-thru menu board. The employee was hospitalized for the gunshot wound which resulted in a fractured left femur.

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Report: Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet at Jordan Foster Construction in El Paso, Texas

A telehandler operator was lifting a finishing machine to the third floor to be used to finish the concrete floor. The operator was trying to get the finisher over the safety cables and went to push the safety cable down. As the operator was pushing the safety cable down, one of the uprights holding up […]

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Report: Fall through surface or existing opening more than 30 feet at RES America Construction, Inc. in Rankin, Texas

After erecting and connecting a base to a mid tower section, employees were preparing to lower tools. An employee fell through a hatch (open so that tools could be lowered) to the concrete 60 feet below and suffered fractured ribs, a fracture to the T-12 vertebrae, a knee injury, and laceration to the back of […]

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Report: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified at W. Silver, Inc. in Vinton, Texas

At 6:15 p.m. on August 16, 2019, an employee was performing a change-over from one product to the next in a mill area. While the employee was installing one of the conveyors, an open metal cover closed, hitting his left hand and breaking his index and middle fingers.

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Report: Exposure to environmental heat at Cactus Wellhead, LLC in Lenorah, Texas

After work (installing wellheads and valves in the field), an employee suffered severe heat exhaustion and cramping and was hospitalized.

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