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 Brock Services in Westlake, Louisiana

An employee was operating an industrial vacuum machine when his right arm was pulled into the end of the hose while he was reaching down to pick it up. He experienced arm swelling that required hospitalization.

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Report: Fall on same level, n.e.c. at US Ecology Texas, Inc. in Robstown, Texas

An employee was helping a loader operator transfer catalyst from a bin into a roll-off box when the bin came off the loader’s forks and fell on the ground. The employee was standing next to the bin when it fell and attempted to get out of the way, falling down in the process. The employee […]

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Report: Fall through surface or existing opening more than 30 feet at Noe Cruz Barrera in Houston, Texas

An employee was inspecting rooms in a house under construction when he opened an elevator access door thinking it was a closet. He fell four stories down the elevator shaft to the cement floor, suffering leg and spinal fractures. He was hospitalized.

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Report: Nonclassifiable at Transport Service Co. in Geismar, Louisiana

An employee was cleaning the inside of a tanker truck and passed out, requiring hospitalization.

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Report: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet at DRYMALLA CONSTRUCTION INC in Smithville, Texas

An employee was taking down the canopy over a walkway. When he stepped on a brace on the canopy, it gave way and he fell approximately 10 feet to the ground below. He suffered a fractured skull with intracranial bleeding and a T12 vertebra burst fracture.

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Report: Excavation or trenching cave-in at Wadsworth Golf Construction Company of the Midwest in Frisco, Texas

An employee was installing a drainage pipe in a trench when the dirt trench walls collapsed on the employee, who suffered a broken pelvis and hip.

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Report: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part at Myrex Industries in Houston, Texas

The injured employee was helping another employee move dunnage with a forklift when the dunnage slipped off the forklift and struck the injured employee’s right jaw, breaking it.

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Report: Other fall to lower level, unspecified at Lazer Spot in Paris, Texas

An employee was heading out of the office and down the stairs to begin her shift at the gate. It was stormy with heavy winds at the time. She stepped out onto the landing and shut the door when a gust of wind caused her to lose her balance and fall down the stairs. She […]

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Report: Other fall to lower level, unspecified at ParkUSA in Houston, Texas

An employee was on a ladder using an air hose to blow off a break tank when the employee fell from the ladder, suffering a hip injury.

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Report: Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, unspecified at Herzog Contracting Corp. in Irving, Texas

An employee was performing maintenance on a tie jig (equipment that grabs railroad ties) which was connected to the bucket of an excavator. After performing some repairs underneath the tie jig, the employee crawled underneath the other side of the tie jig to make a final repair and was crushed by the tie jig. The […]

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