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: Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident at Associated Wholesale Grocers in Pearl River, Louisiana

An employee was selecting cases in an aisle when he could not get his jack to respond. He then became pinned between a rack bar and the backrest on his equipment while still inside the cab, suffering a lacerated liver.

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Report: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet at VACCO MARINE, INC. in Houma, Louisiana

An employee was working inside of a tank that was roped off when he fell approximately 10 to 12 feet, lacerating his right ear, fracturing his right facial bone, and puncturing his upper right leg.

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Report: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet at Crest Foods Corporate, Store #3 in Norman, Oklahoma

While shelving pallets on a second layer bay, an employee fell approximately 6 feet from the layer bay to the floor, fracturing both wrists and suffering a head injury.

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Report: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. at FedEx Express in Fort Worth, Texas

An employee pressed a button to raise an overhead door and ducked under the door as it was rising. The door broke loose from the its cable and fell, striking his head.

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Report: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker at IPSCO Koppel Tubulars in Baytown, Texas

An employee was using a 6-foot pry bar to move a bent piece of pipe (4.5″ .290 wall) that would not roll down the starwheel discharge ramp. As the employee pulled on the pry bar, which was partially inserted into the pipe, the bar slipped and caught the his right ring fingertip and part of […]

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Report: Contact with hot objects or substances at American Environmental Specialties, Inc. in Stafford, Texas

An employee was cutting metal pipe with a cutting torch that used acetylene and oxygen gas during interior metal removal when the torch caused second and third degree burns to the employee’s face and hands. Personal protective equipment was not worn at the time.

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Report: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet at Team Industrial Services, Inc. in Corpus Christi, Texas

An employee was inspecting a facility’s piping and fitting systems when a 3/4-inch pipe broke. He fell approximately 4 feet and fractured one of his shoulders. The hot steam from that broken pipe caused first and second degree burns to the front and back side of his legs.

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Report: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified at Buchanan Septic Tanks in Buchanan Dam, Texas

While setting reinforcing 10 gauge wire for a concrete form, the wire slipped and poked an employee in the left eye resulting in hospitalization and surgery.

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Report: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified at AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. in Dfw Airport, Texas

An employee was troubleshooting a motor control bucket when an arc flash occurred, causing electrical first and second degree burns to the employee’s left hand and arm, right arm, neck, and face.

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Report: Other fall to lower level, unspecified at Ceres Gulf, Inc. in La Porte, Texas

An employee drove a truck toward the wharf crane. The crane lifted the truck while the employee was still inside. The truck and trailer became unattached, fell to the ground, and bounced onto the concrete surface, jostling the employee around inside the truck. He suffered two bruised vertebrae and required surgery.

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