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 due to tripping over an object at Balcones Resources (Recycling) in Austin, Texas

An employee tripped over debris on the floor, fell, and fractured her knee.

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Report: Other fall to lower level, unspecified at Taylor Oil Company; a Division of Honstein Oil Co. in Fort Worth, Texas

An employee was unloading an oil drum and fell off the back of the truck resulting in a serious head injury and hospitalization.

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Report: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode at Emission Monitoring Service, Inc. in La Porte, Texas

An employee was using a toxic vapor analyzer to monitor a carbon canister for fugitive emissions. The employee lost consciousness due to potential exposure to dimethyl disulfide, requiring hospitalization. Respiratory protection was not worn at the time of the incident.

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Report: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. at Macon Inc. in Grand Prairie, Texas

A brace holding up a tilt wall sheered off and swung out of place, striking an employee in the legs.

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Report: Fall, slip, trip, unspecified at Sidewinder Drilling in Midland, Texas

An employee was positioning a wind brace and connecting a mast to a work platform. He fell back on his lanyard and his upper arm was caught in a pinch point between the mast and the wind brace.

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Report: Other fall to lower level, unspecified at Dart X in Sanger, Texas

An employee pulled his semi and trailer off to the side of a service road close to a ditch. The tractor and trailer began to lean over. When the employee exited the cab, he fell to the ground and injured his head, neck, and shoulder.

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Report: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts at Asplundh Tree Expert Company in Beaumont, Texas

An employee was trimming a tree limb that was touching a powerline. When he grabbed the tree limb, he made indirect contact with the powerline, suffering third degree burns to both hands and his right leg.

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Report: Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, unspecified at Austin Bridge and Road, LP in Frisco, Texas

An employee was helping a three-man crew with a backhoe to lift a walk-behind saw approximately 6 inches and move it forward approximately 3 feet. The employee attached rigging from the walk-behind saw to the backhoe and stood to the side of the forks approximately 4 feet away. As the backhoe operator lifted the saw, […]

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Report: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object at Walmart 3406 in Dallas, Texas

Around 1:00 p.m. on 11/18/16, an employee was leaving the repackaging station when she tripped over a metal piece of the rolling warehouse steel. She fell on her right hip and was unable to get up and walk, requiring hospitalization.

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Report: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment at Maxim Crane LP in Baytown, Texas

An employee was part of a rigging crew tasked with using an overhead 8-ton crane to move a heat exchanger through two columns. The employee pushed the exchanger through by hand and it swung back and struck the employee’s left index finger and thumb. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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