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: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area at Grady Crawford Construction Company in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

An employee was assisting another employee in moving a large plastic spool. As the employee was pushing the spool, a trackhoe that was compacting the dirt backed over the employee’s left foot resulting in injury to the left knee.

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Report: Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. at South East Freight Lines in Houston, Texas

An employee was delivering a shipment of freight when a gust of wind blew papers out of his hand. As he went to reach for them, he walked into the edge of the lift gate, injuring his head and right shoulder. He was hospitalized.

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Report: Struck by discharged object or substance at Darr Equipment in Houston, Texas

An employee was inspecting a forklift. During the inspection the hydraulic line ruptured. The employee placed his left hand on the end of the hydraulic line. As the forklift operator engaged the hydraulic line, fluid shot into the employee’s middle finger creating an embolism. The employee was transported to the hospital for surgery to remove […]

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Report: Other fall to lower level, unspecified at Paracomm Ventures, LLC in San Antonio, Texas

An employee doing fiber optic installation was climbing a communication pole and fell from an unknown height. The employee suffered a couple of cracked ribs and a punctured lung.

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Report: Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified at ML James Construction Company in Texarkana, Texas

An employee tripped and fell while walking injuring the left femur.

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Report: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation at Tex-Isles Supply, Inc. in George West, Texas

An employee was removing a coupling from a rotating pipe when his glove was caught in the rotating pipe. The employee’s wrist was wrenched and later surgically repaired.

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Report: Contact with hot objects or substances at Merchants Metals LLC in Houston, Texas

On Friday 12/4/2015, at 6 pm, an employee was scooping flux from a galvanized zinc kettle. As he was putting the excess flux into a 55-gallon drum, the hot flux boiled up and popped. The splash from the flux went down into his leather glove, resulting in second degree burns on the left hand and […]

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Report: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object at El Paso Community College in El Paso, Texas

An employee went into her office, retrieved something, and was leaving to go to a meeting. She tripped on the carpet, fell over her carrying case, and hurt her right side, back and leg. She was admitted to the hospital for surgery on her leg.

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Report: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway at Crest Cadillac, Inc. in Plano, Texas

An employee was struck by a car while crossing the street. The employee’s right arm broke, and their bowel was punctured.

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Report: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet at FMC Technology in Houston, Texas

An employee was walking down the stairs and fell forward approximately 3 feet. She dislodged several teeth and fractured her gum line and upper jaw.

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