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: Ran off driving surface, nonroadway at HEB DISTRIBUTION CENTER in San Antonio, Texas

An employee was loading a docked trailer with an electric pallet jack. The trailer moved, creating a gap that the employee fell through to the ground. The employee suffered a dislocated right ankle and broken right foot.

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Report: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified at Santana Textiles, L.L.C. in Edinburg, Texas

An employee was performing maintenance on a weaving machine when his right middle finger was caught in the machine, crushing/shattering the bones in his finger.

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Report: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning at Republic National Distributing Co. in Houston, Texas

An employee was fixing rollers that were not rolling on a conveyor when his right hand was caught in the pinch point area. He was hospitalized with a dislocated and lacerated right hand.

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Report: Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet at STEEL CO INC. in Porter, Texas

An employee was working on a roof. The fall protection system the employee was using fell at a gap in the roof, pulling the employee with it; the employee fell 30 feet, suffering maxillofacial and wrist injuries, and was hospitalized.

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Report: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet at Jomar Electrical Contractors in Houston, Texas

An employee was in an elevated scissor lift, running wires to light ballasts. The lift fell over and the employee fell with it to the cement floor. The employee suffered two broken ankles, a broken pelvis, and a broken vertebra.

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Report: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment at Forterra Pipe Precast, LLC. in Grand Prairie, Texas

An employee was using an overhead crane to set 12-by-10 box culvert. His left hand was caught between two structures, and the index finger and thumb were crushed and broken.

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Report: Other fall to lower level, unspecified at Treesap Famrs LLC in Fort Worth, Texas

An employee was on top of an 18-foot flatbed trailer, delivering trees (stacked two high on the trailer) to a nursery. He fell from the trailer to the ground 8 or 9 feet below, suffering broken ribs and a collapsed lung. He was hospitalized.

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Report: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode at Grange-Calamine Water Association in Smithville, Arkansas

An employee was checking the chlorinating system of water wells when the employee removed a section of tubing from the chlorinator and inhaled chlorine gas.

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Report: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified at Postal Fleet Services, Inc. in Stonewall, Louisiana

An employee was loading mail carts when a cart fell, hitting the employee in both legs and injuring them.

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Report: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object at VT San Antonio Aerospace, Inc. in San Antonio, Texas

While walking toward a parking lot, an employee tripped on a forklift tine and fell to the ground, fracturing his hip.

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