Severe Workplace Injuries in Fort Bliss, Texas
Employers in Fort Bliss reported 13 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through December 2023: 13 workers hospitalized and 2 amputations (15% of reports). Public administration accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 1 of them.
Reports by year
Industries
How workers were hurt
Parts of the body injured
OSHA inspections in Fort Bliss since 2015
Workplace safety inspectors opened 65 inspections at Fort Bliss workplaces, and 23 of them (35%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 15 serious, 0 willful and 1 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $119,788.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Blackstone Consulting Inc. (referral, details) | 3 (2 serious+) | $25,000 |
| Pride Industries (referral, details) | 1 | $4,403 |
| Reycon Construction Solutions, LP. (referral, details) | 1 | $3,000 |
| Tasman Geosciences (referral, details) | 1 | $4,000 |
| Bishop Construction, Inc. (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $2,000 |
| Best Ironworks And Screens, Inc. (referral, details) | 2 (1 serious+) | $4,500 |
| R-Con Construction Inc. (referral, details) | 1 | $3,000 |
| Rio Grande Electric Cooperative, Inc. (referral, details) | 1 | $9,000 |
| Hannah Solar Government Services (referral, details) | 2 | $4,000 |
| Manny's Landscape & Irrigation (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $2,217 |
| Little Big Inch Pipeline Co. (planned, details) | 1 | $7,760 |
| Abell Elevator International (fatality/catastrophe, details) | 2 (1 serious+) | $18,108 |
Penalties as currently recorded by OSHA; they can drop after settlement or contest. Inspection data covers federal OSHA inspections and state-run safety program inspections reported to OSHA.
Most recent reports
The 13 newest severe injury reports from Fort Bliss employers, as OSHA published them.
Dec 6, 2023 · Retro Tech Systems Hospitalized
Employees were moving a single man lift into a building and reclining the lift to position it to fit through the door. The lift shifted and fell, causing the employee to sustain fractures to the left tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
Struck by falling object or equipment (other) · Lower leg(s) · Other services
Jun 25, 2023 · Blackstone Consulting Hospitalized
On June 25, 2023, an employee was carrying a 25-pound container of hot oil when the container slipped and fell to the floor. The employee was burned by the hot oil and was hospitalized.
Contact with hot objects or substances · Nonclassifiable · Hotels and restaurants · OSHA inspection 1680982
Oct 23, 2020 · Dyn Corp International Hospitalized
An employee stepped off an aircraft onto a step stool and fell to the concrete floor. The employee lost consciousness.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Brain · Construction
Oct 10, 2019 · Technica, LLC Amputation
On October 11, 2019, a door closed on an employee's left hand, injuring the middle finger. The employee was hospitalized and the fingertip was later medically amputated.
Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate · Fingertip(s) · Public administration
Jul 20, 2018 · Customs and Border Protection-Field Operations Hospitalized
An employee was conducting a training exercise with a canine unit when he suddenly felt a shortness of breath and dizziness. He was hospitalized for dehydration and renal failure.
Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Public administration
Oct 26, 2017 · Customs and Border Protection-U.S. Border Patrol Hospitalized
An employee was participating in a training exercise when he became ill, requiring hospitalization for dehydration.
Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Public administration
Oct 22, 2017 · Customs and Border Protection- U.S. Border Patrol Hospitalized
An employee was participating in physical training when he became ill and fatigued. He was hospitalized with a suspected muscle injury.
Overexertion and bodily reaction · Body systems · Public administration
Mar 28, 2017 · Pride Industries Hospitalized
An employee and a coworker were carrying a sink into storage when the employee tripped on a 4-inch curb and fell, fracturing his right hip.
Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs · Hip(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services
Mar 13, 2017 · COBB Mechanical Contractors Hospitalized
On March 13, 2017, at approximately 11:30 a.m., an employee was unloading copper pipes from a forklift when he suffered an umbilical hernia and was hospitalized.
Overexertion involving outside sources · Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Construction
Oct 28, 2016 · Technica Amputation
An employee was sweeping floors using a floor scrubber machine. He pushed open a door which then came back and struck his right ring finger. His finger was caught between the door and the floor scrubber machine amputating part of it.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Other services
Jul 19, 2016 · Pride Industries Hospitalized
An employee was climbing a ladder, slipped due to a faulty grab bar, and fell approximately 12 feet. He was admitted to the hospital for a broken wrist and a bruise to the head.
Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Wrist(s) · Construction
Apr 11, 2015 · Customs & Border Patrol Hospitalized
An employee was participating in an obstacle course at Fort Bliss when he went over an obstacle and felt an insect bite his right index finger.
Bites and stings · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Public administration
Jan 27, 2015 · Fort Bliss National Cemetery Hospitalized
On January 27, 2015 at approximately 3:07 pm, employees had placed a casket in a five foot grave. When they lifted the liner to cover the casket, the ground gave out and one employee fell into the grave breaking both his leg (both the tibia and fibula). He was taken to Beaumont Army Medical Center for in-patient hospitalization and surgery to repair his leg.
Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet · Lower leg(s) · Other services
After a workplace injury in Texas
Most work injuries are handled through workers' compensation, which pays medical bills and part of lost wages whether or not anyone was at fault, and usually rules out suing the employer. A separate claim may be possible against someone else, such as an equipment maker or another company on the site. Reporting deadlines are short, so tell your employer about an injury right away.
Workers compensation lawyers in Texas
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Source: OSHA's Severe Injury Reports, 2015 through November 2025 (loaded November 9, 2026). Employers must report any work-related amputation, loss of an eye or in-patient hospitalization to OSHA within 24 hours. Employer names, addresses and incident descriptions are as OSHA publishes them. A report records an injury, not a finding that the employer broke a rule; OSHA opens an inspection for some reports. The data covers workplaces under federal OSHA. States that run their own OSHA program (such as California, Washington, Michigan, North Carolina and Virginia) are mostly missing, and work-related deaths are reported separately.
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