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: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation at Precision Land Clearing, Inc. in Magnolia, Texas

An employee was adjusting a bellypan conveyor belt when his right arm was caught by and pulled into the moving conveyor belt, trapping his arm and causing severe damage to the right arm muscle.

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Report: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker at PROGRESO CO-OP GIN, INC. in Progreso, Texas

An employee was cutting flashing on a machine when the flashing stabbed his hand between the index finger and thumb, cutting a tendon. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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Report: Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c. at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas

An employee was walking while conducting housekeeping activities when her shoes became caught on the floor. She tripped and fell, striking and fracturing her right hip and the neck of her right femur.

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Report: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle at Western Builders of Amarillo, Inc in Amarillo, Texas

An employee was giving hand signals to a forklift operator who was lowering a wacker packer into an elevator pit. The forklift operator had boomed out toward the elevator pit when the back wheels of the forklift lifted off the ground. The injured employee was standing on ground level on the other side of the […]

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Report: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle at Royal Baths Manufactruing Company, Ltd. in Houston, Texas

An employee was on the ground, trying to get a pallet jack unstuck from under a pallet. Another employee was trying to pry it loose using a forklift. One of the forks on the forklift popped up, hitting the bottom of the first employee’s right foot and breaking his heel. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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Report: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. at The Comflow Company in Houston, Texas

A fire sprinkler pipe burst or became detached from an anchor, causing large pieces of piping to fall. A falling piece of the pipe stuck the employee in the shoulder and head. The employee suffered broken ribs, a broken sternum, a heart injury, two punctured lungs, and a crushed back vertebra that caused paralysis from […]

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Report: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet at AT&T Services, Inc. in Dallas, Texas

An employee was on an extension ladder affixed to a telecommunications strand. The strand failed and the employee fell to the ground 15-18 feet below. The employee suffered broken ribs and a partially collapsed lung.

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Report: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified at PIPING TECHNOLOGY & PRODUCTS INC. in Houston, Texas

An employee was spotting for a forklift driver. His left hand was caught and crushed between the forklift’s mast and a crate. Four of the fingers were injured and required surgery.

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Report: Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident at General Motors in Arlington, Texas

An employee was driving a forklift when it struck a structural steel column, which separated the mast from the forklift. The right side of the employee’s skull struck a front support post in the forklift cabin, and the employee suffered a neck fracture and a concussion.

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Report: Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle, unspecified at Frontier Communications in League City, Texas

An employee was operating a forklift when material wrapped around the employee’s leg and forklift, resulting in a broken ankle/leg.

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