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: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified at Watco Transloading, LLC in Houston, Texas

An employee suffered a broken left ankle with contusions and bruising to the right ankle after being hit by a forklift.

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Report: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified at River and Roads Directional Drilling in Sonora, Texas

An employee was changing out a mud motor on the directional drilling rig. To make sure the motor was aligned, the employee did a bump test with a wrench. The wrench then swung and hit the employee in the hard hat, causing a small fracture to the head and slight bruising.

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Report: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning at One Wind Services Inc. in Rio Hondo, Texas

An employee was operating a lift inside a wind turbine. He was outside of the lift when it moved and crushed his left arm between it and a rung. His arm broke and required surgery.

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Report: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. at Astons Marble & Granite, LLC in Corpus Christi, Texas

An employee was guiding a forklift into a building when an A-frame that was holding four slabs of marble/granite broke. A slab then broke the employee’s leg.

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Report: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part at Rescar Companies in Pasadena, Texas

Employees were installing a coupler in a rail car. The coupler got stuck to the forks on the forklift and as they were attempting to loosen the coupler, it fell onto an employee’s right foot causing an open fracture to the big toe.

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Report: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, unspecified at Lofton Security Service, Inc. in Waller, Texas

An employee was patrolling the complex in a golf cart when the employee collided with a stationary trailer, suffering a laceration to the right leg, body contusions, a bruised aorta, and a blood clot in the heart.

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Report: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. at Claiborne Electric Cooperative, Inc. in Farmerville, Louisiana

A crew was cutting trees along a fence line when a branch fell and hit an employee on the back of the head.

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Report: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment at Weyerhaeuser Company in Dierks, Arkansas

An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a trimmer and when he went to lower the saw box platform, the pin holding the platform became stuck. The employee hammered at the pin, and when the pin dislodged, the platform swung down and hit the employee. The employee suffered a smashed upper arm with swelling and […]

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Report: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet at Gulf Coast Lease Service, Inc. in Richmond, Texas

An employee was working with another employee on top of an oil storage tank at a field site, dismantling piping and attachments to the tank. They had removed a piece of 4-inch vent piping and were attempting to throw the pipe to the ground. While they were throwing the pipe from the tank top, the […]

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Report: Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, unspecified at Penske Logistics in Keller, Texas

An employee was operating a pallet jack when the employee backed up into another driver whose load of pallets then fell onto the employee. The employee sustained a crushed left leg and broken left femur, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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