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 on same level, n.e.c. at Air System Components in El Paso, Texas

On December 15, 2016, at approximately 1:00 PM, an employee was pulling boxes when she lost her balance and fell. As she was falling, she attempted to break her fall with her hand and suffered a broken wrist. She was hospitalized and had surgery.

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Report: Other animal bites, nonvenomous at ATWOODS DISTRIBUTION CENTER in Coweta, Oklahoma

An employee was trying to catch a feral cat in the store when the cat bit the employee’s hand.

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Report: Other animal bites, nonvenomous at Bed Bath and Biscuit in Willis, Texas

An employee was cleaning a cat run and was in the process of placing the cat back in the run when it bit the employee’s right hand, requiring hospitalization.

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Report: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area at Sanderson Farms, Inc - Production Division in Waco, Texas

While securing cages to a trailer, an employee was struck by a reversing forklift, suffering fractured ribs.

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Report: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet at Bell Bottom Foundation Co. in Houston, Texas

An employee used a foot step to climb on top of a 6-foot-tall mud tank to de-sand cones, which needed to be repositioned. When he attempted to reposition the cones using his hands, he lost his balance and fell to the ground, breaking his collarbone and six ribs.

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Report: Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids at SOUTHWESTERN WIRE in Norman, Oklahoma

An employee was using a water hose to help cool down a tank of molten zinc solution during the pumping transfer process when the water came into contact with acid/residue and a violent chemical reaction and explosion occurred. The water with molten acid solution blew into the employee’s face and back as he turned to […]

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Report: Moving in opposite directions, oncoming, nonroadway at Tractor Supply Distribution Center in Waco, Texas

An employee was operating a powered industrial truck when he collided with a coworker who was also operating a powered industrial truck. His left hand was caught between the two trucks as they collided, requiring hospitalization.

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Report: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached at Clay Mound Sporting Center, LLC in Liberty, Texas

An employee was using a scissor lift to mount a machine that shoots clay pigeons from 20 feet in the air. The scissor lift would not lower all the way to the ground, so the he attempted to troubleshoot the problem. When he tried to grab a wire underneath the fold of the lift that […]

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Report: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway, unspecified at TAS Commercial Concrete in Houston, Texas

An employee was standing just outside the jobsite fence to direct a truck driver to the truck wash-out area inside the construction site when a driver struck the employee with a public vehicle, fracturing his left tibia.

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Report: Fall on same level due to slipping at Texas Health Resources in Bedford, Texas

At approximately 10:01, an employee entered a break room to obtain a locator badge when she slipped and fell near the sink. She injured her left knee and required surgery.

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