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: Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. at Wal-Mart Stores Texas LLC in Lancaster, Texas

An employee was removing palletized seasonal items from a shipping container located behind the store using a pallet jack. A pallet was wedged by another pallet approximately 12 feet inside of the container. The employee on the pallet jack asked another employee to unjam the pallet. That employee’s leg slipped on the wet floor of […]

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Report: Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object at CUSTOM BUILDING PRODUCTS in Grand Prairie, Texas

As an employee was exiting a forklift, her left foot was pinned between the forklift and a pole.

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Report: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids at American Commercial Barge Line in New Orleans, Louisiana

An employee was torch-cutting steel inside of a 75′-long by 18′-deep by 25′-wide barge, using oxygen/acetylene from a centrally located 75′-long gas-supplying line, when the employee suffered third degree burns from the waist to the neck.

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Report: Contact with hot objects or substances at A. Schulman Inc. in La Porte, Texas

An operator turned off the extruder when a maintenance worker told him to turn it back on. As he was turning it back on, he purged the machine. Air was caught behind some plastic, causing the 325-degree plastic to shoot out and hit the employee’s right arm. The employee suffered third degree burns.

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Report: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. at Basic Energy Services LP Rig# 40 in Garden City, Texas

An employee was offloading iron from a trailer when the employee’s right index finger got caught between a 4-inch iron, which fell from above, and the edge of the trailer.

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Report: Contact with hot objects or substances at Levy Restaurants in Houston, Texas

An employee was emptying material from a medium-sized kettle in a popcorn machine. Hot oil and popcorn from the kettle fell on his right forearm and hand, causing second degree burns.

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Report: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids at NTX Valve and Pump, LLC in Bridgeport, Texas

An employee was attempting to warm spray paint cans in front of a heater when the cans caught fire and burned the employee’s hands and forehead.

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Report: Contact with hot objects or substances at Owens Corning in Houston, Texas

An employee was disconnecting a hose at the unloading bay to move a vehicle to another location. The valve was not shut off at the time and hot asphalt was released, burning the top of both of the employee’s hands and wrists. The employee was hospitalized.

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Report: Contact with hot objects or substances at OWENS CORNING HOUSTON ROOFING PLANT in Houston, Texas

An employee burned the tops of both hands and wrists while disconnecting a hose on the asphalt machine.

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Report: Fall on same level, n.e.c. at Anderson Machinery Company in Pharr, Texas

An employee and two coworkers were removing counterweights from a tractor. The employee used a pipe to balance the counterweight, but the counterweight shifted, causing the pipe to strike the employee. He fell on the cement floor and suffered chest, wrist, and head injuries.

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