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 on uneven surface at Walmart Supercenter #4509 in Benbrook, Texas

An associate was walking through the lawn and garden center and tripped over a grate in the ground and fell resulting in a broken left elbow that required surgery and hospitalization.

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Report: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified at Joe's Quality Welding and Fab. in South Houston, Texas

An employee was welding a piece of 36″ cutter pipe on a welding table. When the table was moved, the pipe fell onto the employee’s knee, fracturing his tibia. He then fell from his stool and suffered a laceration to the side of his head.

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Report: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment at Allchem Services Inc. in Houston, Texas

As an employee was repositioning a steel box fan, a can of glue fell into the fan. When the employee attempted to retrieve the can, her right hand contacted the fan blade and her index, middle, and ring fingers were broken and lacerated.

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Report: Other fall to lower level, unspecified at Pumpco Inc. in Odem, Texas

While pumping fluid out of a pit into a vacuum truck, an employee slipped from the operator’s platform and hit his knee on the ground. The employee suffered a knee injury that required surgery.

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Report: Contact with hot objects or substances at Holly Frontier LLC in Tulsa, Oklahoma

An employee was operating a storm water lift pump and hot water condensation blew out of the atmospheric muffler vent onto the operator’s back causing first and second degree burns.

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Report: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified at Tractor Supply Company in Cleburne, Texas

An employee was getting bales of hay for a customer from a trailer using a bay hook. The bales of hay fell onto the employee causing a fractured knee cap and a torn meniscus and ACL.

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Report: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker at Winston Electric Inc. DBA Acme Electric Company in Lenorah, Texas

An employee was in a scissor lift using a sheetrock knife to cut sheetrock. He was putting the knife on the tray when his arm hit the cable tray causing the knife to ricocheted out of his hand and strike his left eye causing damage to the retina.

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Report: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified at Sage V Foods, LLC in Little Rock, Arkansas

An employee was dumping a tote of rice using a forklift. The employee dropped his work knife. As he went to retrieve the knife, his right hand was caught in a lump breaker resulting in nerve damage.

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Report: Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway at Republic Harley Davidson in Stafford, Texas

An employee was moving a motorcycle from the service area to the pre-owned area. The employee lost control of the motorcycle, jumped off, and the motorcycle fell on top of him. He was hospitalized with broken ribs and a punctured lung.

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Report: Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode at Universal Pressure Pumping in Midland, Texas

An employee was bending down to pick up a hose to connect to a pump to pressurize it when he felt pain. He was hospitalized and required surgery for a hernia.

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