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: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified at SOUTHEAST TEXAS INDUSTRIES, INC in Port Arthur, Texas

An employee was helping set up a crane jib. The jib fell about 7 feet and hit the employee’s left ankle, causing a laceration and fracture to the ankle as well as lacerations to the left middle and ring fingers (with no bone loss).

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Report: Other fall to lower level, unspecified at AT&T Wireless in San Antonio, Texas

An employee was working on a 28-foot extension ladder that was leaned against a telephone pole. While he was coming back down, the ladder shifted and he jumped to the uneven ground and landed on his feet. He fractured both ankles and was hospitalized for surgery.

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Report: Other fall to lower level, unspecified at Ag Producers Co Op in Dalhart, Texas

An employee fell from a fixed ladder to the floor, suffering a broken hip.

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Report: Fall on same level due to slipping at Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston, Texas

An employee was walking outside, slipped and fell on the ground resulting in a fractured right ankle. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

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Report: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment at NCI Group, Inc. in Houston, Texas

An employee was preparing to lift and move a 25-foot, 1,897-pound structural beam from a conveyor system with a crane. He was using a lifting chain to make the lift when the thumb on his left hand was caught between the chain and the structural beam, resulting in a thumb fracture.

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Report: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning at McLane Company Inc. in Temple, Texas

While changing out the belt on a conveyor, an employee was caught in the machine, suffering a broken arm and lacerations.

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Report: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire at Crossroads LP in Fort Worth, Texas

An employee was cleaning a thermoplastic cart. The thermoplastic was being drained into a 55-gallon metal drum and was heated. The drum had trash in it and the thermoplastic heated up some aerosol paint cans that were not visible and caused them to explode. The explosion threw the hot thermoplastic on the employee’s head and […]

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Report: Exposure to environmental heat at U.S. Postal Service in Murray, Kentucky

An employee was delivering mail and started feeling bad due to heat exhaustion and dehydration. He was hospitalized.

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Report: Other fall to lower level, unspecified at Hitch Enterprises in Guymon, Oklahoma

An employee slipped and fell while getting out of a truck, suffering a broken rib and punctured lung.

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Report: Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode at RL Murphey Commericial Roof Systems, LLC in Mansfield, Texas

An employee was on the roof on his knees drilling holes on the edge of a building with a hammer drill. He used force to push the hammer drill into the concrete edge of the building and strained his left knee.

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