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: Contact with hot objects or substances at Lasko Products, Inc. in Fort Worth, Texas

An employee was removing a solidified plastic plug from the plastic injection port of a molding machine when pieces of hot plastic contacted the employee’s skin, causing thermal burns to the right forearm.

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Report: Stings and venomous bites at Katmai Government Services in Belton, Texas

An employee was bitten by a venomous rattlesnake while pulling out weeds, suffering a hand laceration.

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Report: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue at Riceland Foods, Inc. in Stuttgart, Arkansas

Two employees were trying to do preventive maintenance on a line. The line broke and they were exposed to hexane spray on their faces and in their eyes. One employee was hospitalized.

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Report: Contact with hot objects or substances at Veolia in Freeport, Texas

An employee was sitting in a vacuum truck that was next to a tanker trailer containing hot water. The trailer’s legs sank into the ground and the tank rolled, allowing water to splash through the driver side of the employee’s truck. He suffered second degree burns to his left arm and left leg.

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Report: Water vehicle incident, n.e.c. at SSA Gulf, Inc. in Port Arthur, Texas

While hooking up cargo (wood pulp) in a vessel, an employee walked into one of the landing gear legs of the spreader bar, knocking his hard hat off and causing his head to go backwards. His neck and right arm became numb and he could not move his right-hand fingers.

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Report: Fall, slip, trip, unspecified at Walmart Stores, Inc. in Tyler, Texas

While stacking a produce cart in the produce cooler, an employee slipped on a strawberry on the floor and was injured requiring hospitalization.

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Report: Shooting by other person-intentional at Maines Paper and Food Service, Inc. in North Little Rock, Arkansas

An employee had just finished making a delivery and was sitting in his truck getting ready to drive to another store when an assailant shot the employee in the left cheek and shoulder. He was hospitalized.

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Report: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part at Western Extrusions Corporation in Carrollton, Texas

An employee was walking in an aisle while a forklift operator was approaching with a cart on the front of a forklift. He saw the employee at the last moment and pressed the brakes all the way to the floor. The load shifted, rolled forward, and hit the employee, injuring her right hip and left […]

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Report: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment at Cleaver Brooks Sales and Service in Dallas, Texas

An employee was emptying trash from a 55-gallon drum into a larger trash bin when his left middle finger was caught between the trash drum and the large trash bin, clipping his finger.

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Report: Exposure to environmental heat at ARKANSAS STEEL ASSOCIATES, LLC in Newport, Arkansas

An employee was working in the rolling mill when he began to feel nauseous, light-headed and started cramping. The employee was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.

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