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: Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c. at Tyson Foods in Sherman, Texas

An employee had just finished unloading a pallet of product. The employee picked up the empty wood pallet to place it on top of the stack of empties and got a splinter in their right hand. The next day, the employee was hospitalized due to an infection in the hand.

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Report: Multiple types of exertions and bodily reactions at Saint Anthony Health Plex in Mustang, Oklahoma

An employee was assisting with patients in the emergency department. The employee became faint, weak, and lethargic in part due to exhaustion, then began having seizures. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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Report: Ran off driving surface, nonroadway at Brokers Logistics in Laredo, Texas

An employee was loading a trailer using a forklift. The truck moved forward and the forklift fell to the ground. The employee suffered a cut or pinch to the right thumb/palm.

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Report: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment at Continental Alloys in Spring, Texas

An employee was loading up a stall with a crane on an exterior crane to a building. The employee’s left pinky finger was caught between pieces of steel; the pinky finger was broken and tendons were lacerated on the pinky and ring fingers. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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Report: Fall on same level due to slipping at Ascension Seton Southwest in Austin, Texas

An employee slipped and fell in a staff bathroom. Her left shoulder struck the wall between the table and the toilet and was broken.

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Report: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet at Economical Janitorial & Paper Supplies, LLC in Harahan, Louisiana

While using an order picker machine, an employee fell 12-15 feet to the concrete floor. He was hospitalized with a broken back, ruptured spleen, and multiple rib fractures.

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Report: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle at United Rentals Inc. in Fort Worth, Texas

The injured employee was assisting another employee with removing a pin from a mini-excavator. When the pin came out, it struck the injured employee’s left hand causing a fractured wrist and a tendon/ligament injury. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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Report: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle at Natural Gas Fuel Systems, Inc. in Roanoke, Texas

An employee was filling cylinders with pressurized nitrogen. A piece of metal came loose, lacerating and breaking the employee’s arm.

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Report: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified at Border Trading, Inc in El Paso, Texas

An employee was disassembling an MRI medical table when it fell onto his hand, breaking it.

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Report: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle at Kayoi Steel Group America in Vinton, Texas

After recharging the furnace, there was an explosion inside the furnace. An employee was hit by a hot piece of scrap metal that flew out of the furnace while he was using the lance. The scrap metal struck the employee in the left shoulder near the arm pit.

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