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: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet at POLK MECHANICAL COMPANY, LLC in Lubbock, Texas

While descending a ladder, an employee fell from the third or fourth rung to the concrete floor, suffering a broken right leg.

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Report: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c. at Mueller Inc. in Ballinger, Texas

An employee was working on a flatbed semi-trailer that could extend its length. The air cylinder to release the pinning device was not working properly, and he manually released it. When the truck pulled forward, the employee was caught between two pieces of steel. He suffered broken ribs and punctured lungs.

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Report: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle at Flex-Chem Corporation in Pecos, Texas

An employee was holding a hose during the filling of a storage tank. A valve blew apart and the hose backlashed, striking the employee on the left side of the face. The employee sustained a broken jaw and facial lacerations. The employee was hospitalized.

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Report: Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident at Wayne Farms, LLC. in Danville, Arkansas

An employee was backing up a pallet jack when his right foot was caught between the jack and the wall. The foot sustained a dislocation and fracture.

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Report: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part at GULF STREAM MARINE in Houston, Texas

An employee was working inside a gondola rail car, rigging bundles of steel rebar for hoisting out of the car. During a partial breakout lift (hoisting about 2 feet to gain access for slinging), a nylon strap parted under the 1,100-2,200-pound load, which fell back into the car and struck the employee. The employee suffered […]

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Report: Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing at Sam's Club in Midland, Texas

An associate was stabbed while trying to save customers from a person with a knife. He was stabbed in the leg and suffered hand injuries that required surgery.

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Report: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment more than 30 feet at Atec Steel, LLC. in Houston, Texas

An employee was traveling upward on an aerial lift inside a tank. The lift stalled at a height of about 57 feet, then fell. The employee fell with the basket to the floor of the tank, breaking both feet and both ankles and suffering lacerations and five broken vertebrae.

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Report: Fall on same level due to slipping at Walmart Supercenter 5707 in Crossroads, Texas

An employee slipped in water in a vestibule, suffering a dislocation of the left knee and a broken leg.

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Report: Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway at Klein Tools, Inc. Mansfield Texas Distribution Center in Mansfield, Texas

An employee was backing a forklift through an aisle when it struck another forklift. The employee suffered a loss of consciousness, then pain and weakness in the upper extremities.

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Report: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. at Stanpac USA, LLC in Brenham, Texas

An employee was helping install a gearbox on a machine. The gearbox slipped off the lift and caught the employee’s right hand against the machine. The hand was lacerated, the middle finger was broken, and the little finger was dislocated.

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