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: Vehicle or machinery fire at Energy Transfer in Midland, Texas

An employee was working on the engine of a compressor when a flash fire occurred, burning the employee’s hands and face. He was hospitalized.

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Report: Overexertion and bodily reaction, unspecified at Rollins Inc. in Carrollton, Texas

The employee was walking around the building inspecting for termite damage when he felt light headed and dizzy and passed out. He was taken to the hospital where he was diagnosed with a heart attack.

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Report: Bites and stings, unspecified at U.S. Dept of Interior in Gatlinburg, Tennessee

An employee was fighting wild fires and was bitten by an insect. The employee suffered a reaction requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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Report: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet at Southern Star, Inc. in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas

An employee was at a customer’s house, walking up to the front door when the wooden stairs broke. The employee’s foot went through the broken stairs to the ground and he felt a pinch in his lower back. The employee tried to get up and walk, but he could not and fell to the ground. […]

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Report: Other fall to lower level, unspecified at Brown & Root Industrial Services in Victoria, Texas

An employee was attempting to climb from one scaffold ladder to another. As he reached to tie his lanyard off to the ladder, he fell to the ground and fractured his right leg, requiring hospitalization.

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Report: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue at Custom Threading, Inc. in Houston, Texas

An employee kneeled down in a narrow, guarded area to clean around a tank that contained zinc. His right leg slipped and became partially submerged in the tank, causing second degree burns to the employee’s right leg (from the upper thigh to the ankle), right arm, and right abdomen.

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Report: Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident at SOUTH STAR LLC in Fort Worth, Texas

An employee was driving a powered pallet jack down an aisle and maneuvering between pallets when he ran into a rack, pinning and breaking his leg.

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Report: Fall on water vehicle at Ports America in Seabrook, Texas

An employee was walking back to a vessel to verify the lashing when he slipped and fell, breaking a rib.

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Report: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet at Ingram Micro, Inc. in Carrollton, Texas

An employee was descending a fixed ladder from the sorter to the main floor when her foot slipped and she fell approximately 5 feet to the floor, fracturing her right leg.

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Report: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object at Pitney Bowes in Austin, Texas

An employee was attempting to step over a tow bar between mail carts when her foot was caught on the bar. She fell to the floor and fractured her knee.

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