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: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue at Palmer Distribution Services in Baytown, Texas

An employee was using a forklift to move a triple-stacked pallet of drums containing chemicals. An expandable concrete joint hit the pallet, causing the material to shift. One drum was punctured and sprayed chemical onto the employee’s entire body.

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Report: Exposure to environmental heat at Sonifi Solutions, Inc. in Houston, Tx

An employee was unloading a heater and a tool belt from the company truck. The employee felt ill, so he started walking back to his vehicle but passed out in the elevator of the parking garage, hitting a handrail as he fell. He was hospitalized with a laceration on the head, a bruised rib, and […]

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Report: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object at SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, Inc. in Stephenville, Texas

An employee was carrying a 36-inch by 60-inch sheet of paper and stepped on the paper which caused him to trip and fall. The employee braced his fall with his elbow and sustained a fracture to the left humerus.

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Report: Fall on same level due to slipping at PETERBILT MOTORS COMPANY in Denton, Texas

On July 28, 2020, an employee was doing housekeeping at the end of his shift. As he walked across the work area after emptying a trash can, he slipped in oil and fell, suffering a left ankle injury that required hospitalization and surgery.

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Report: Fall on same level, n.e.c. at HUMANE SOCIETY OF NORTH TEXAS in Fort Worth, Texas

An employee was walking a 100-pound-plus dog. The dog lunged forward and the employee fell, suffering a broken right femur and a broken right wrist.

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Report: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet at Big Tex Trailer Manufacturing Inc. in Wills Point, Texas

An employee fell 6 to 7 feet from an A-frame ladder to the ground and sustained possible rib fractures.

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Report: Struck by discharged object or substance at C&F Steel Company, Inc. in Hamilton, Texas

An employee was walking past a machine-operated press when it ejected material, which struck the employee and broke the employee’s pelvis.

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Report: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment at Southwest Sealers Inc. in Frisco, Texas

An employee was working on a boom lift when the equipment started to slowly come down and the basket tilted sideways. As the employee tried to push the basket away from the wall his left hand got caught between the top rail of the basket and the wall resulting in fractures to the thumb, index, […]

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Report: Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode at American Electric Power in San Angelo, Texas

An employee was climbing to fix a transformer that was placed on a trailer when he slipped. His foot got wedged and his left leg was fractured above the knee and required surgery.

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Report: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet at NBG CONSTRUCTORS INC in Houston, Texas

While installing steel pan decking, an employee fell 10 to 12 feet off a bridge onto a paved parking lot. The employee suffered a skull fracture.

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