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 Joeris General Contractors LTD in Sugar Land, Texas

An employee was assisting a forklift operator move an oxy/acetylene cutting rig. The employee’s hand got caught between a fork and the lifting eye on the cutting rig, causing a fracture to the index metacarpal bone in the hand.

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Report: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part at International Grains & Cereal in Greenville, Texas

An employee was unloading a super sack that was hoisted by a forklift into a hopper when the loops that hold the super sack up broke, causing the sack to fall onto the employee. The employee suffered a broken leg requiring surgery.

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Report: Explosion, unspecified at Entech Engineering Inc. in Texas City, Texas

An employee was conducting an emissions test of a nitrogen vaporizer unit inside an instrument test trailer when a pipe explosion occurred outside. Pieces of the steel pipe scattered in all directions, including toward the trailer. As a result, the employee suffered a fractured right radius bone, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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Report: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet at Groves Electrical Services, Inc in Farmers Branch, Texas

An employee was descending a light pole and stepped onto an A-frame ladder in the closed position. The ladder gave way and the employee fell approximately 8 feet to the ground level, suffering right hip and right rib injuries.

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Report: Ran off driving surface, nonroadway at Durrset Amigos, Ltd. in San Antonio, Texas

An employee was operating a forklift to unload a truck when the truck moved, causing the employee to fall to the ground and suffer a spinal injury.

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Report: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet at Manchester, Inc. in San Antonio, Texas

An employee was removing a lug on a cylinder mount. He fell from the railing, outside the shredder, approximately 12 feet onto concrete and scrap metal. The employee was unconscious and sustained internal bleeding and head injuries.

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Report: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet at Mid-South Sales, LLC in Conway, Arkansas

An employee was preparing to close the roll-up door on the back of a package delivery truck. He stepped backwards to place his foot on the lift gate and fell approximately 5 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a dislocated and fractured elbow that required surgery.

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Report: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object at IEC US Holdings Inc in Houston, Texas

An employee walked into her cube, tripped over her chair, and hit her eye on her chair leg. She was hospitalized with a broken left leg and a right eye injury that required surgery.

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Report: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area at Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. in Tyler, Texas

An employee was struck by a forklift that was backing out of a trailer on a warehouse dock, suffering a broken right leg.

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Report: Bites and stings, unspecified at Balmar LLC in Lafayette, Louisiana

While tasked with checking inventory in the warehouse, an employee was stung on the left thigh by an insect. The employee was hospitalized.

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