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: Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet at ATC Roofing in Springdale, Ar

An employee fell through a 48-inch opening in the roof where two panels had been removed and struck a shelving unit and then landed on the floor approximately 30 feet below. The employee suffered fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and a bruised liver. The employee was not tied off at the time.

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Report: Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. at Kiewit Offshore Services, Ltd. in Ingleside, Tx

An employee was inspecting the welds on a 10-inch pipe. A 24-inch pipe next to the 10-inch pipe rolled off a piece of dunnage while the employee was passing over it, causing the employee to strike the 10-inch pipe with his right side. He suffered a kidney injury and was hospitalized.

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Report: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified at North Houston Pole Line in Kingwood, Tx

An employee climbed a wooden pole to remove a downed conductor. The employee’s right arm contacted the bottom of the energized switch and received third degree burns.

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Report: Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL in Dallas, Tx

An employee was transporting a patient to a psychiatric unit. The patient struck the employee in the nose with a stethoscope, breaking the employee’s nose. The employee was hospitalized.

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Report: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part at W.W. Cannon, LLC. in Temple, Tx

Two employees were changing out a dock leveler’s dock plate. While the injured employee was on his hands and knees under the leveler, installing the keeper-pins, a forklift that had been holding up the dock leveler’s lip hinge moved back and released the dock plate. The plate fell on the injured employee, breaking most of […]

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Report: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. at Peterson Beckner Industries, Inc. in Tomball, Tx

An employee was guiding a steel stair suspended from a crane hook into place to be connected with bolts. He used his sleever bar to guide and make sure the stair riser cleared the opening in the steel, but the top stair riser got hung up on the support beam. He pushed the stair riser […]

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Report: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment at Electrolux in Lancaster, Tx

An employee was attempting to close the extended lip of a malfunctioning dock plate. He used a T-bar to prop the dock plate up while trying to disengage the dock lock with another T-bar. The T-bar propping up the dock plate fell, causing the dock plate to fall down on his left arm and break […]

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Report: Other animal bites, nonvenomous at People, Pets and Vets in Plano, Tx

An employee was approaching a cat (a veterinary patient) when it bit her left middle finger.

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Report: Other fall to lower level, unspecified at SRS Distribution in Rosharon, Tx

While relocating his fall protection anchor, an employee slipped and fell off a residential roof onto the ground. The employee was hospitalized for back and neck fractures.

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Report: Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet at Magnolia International LLC in Magnolia, Tx

An employee was installing a roof on top of a newly constructed water tank. The employee fell 16 feet through the roof to the steel surface below, suffering a head injury, a broken pelvis, and a broken vertebra.

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