Severe Workplace Injuries in Galveston, Texas

Jul 8, 2025 · Keystone Structural Concrete LLC Hospitalized

An employee was positioning a form brace before using a nail gun to secure it in place. The employee set his nail gun down on a rebar form, and when he picked it up, it discharged a nail that penetrated his abdomen. The employee required surgery to repair his stomach.

Struck by discharged object or substance · Stomach organ · Construction

Jun 4, 2025 · Ecolab Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was removing bees while standing 6-7 feet up on a telescoping ladder when the ladder slipped and they fell to the concrete pavers below. The employee was hospitalized with an open fracture to the left elbow that required surgery.

Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 30 feet · Elbow(s) · Wholesale trade

Apr 15, 2025 · Winco Masonry LP Hospitalized

Two employees were erecting a hydraulic mast climber scaffold with an eight-foot extension work platform. They erected it to the maximum height of 30 feet and were lowering the scaffold to install ties. While lowering the scaffold, there was a malfunction and one of the sides of the scaffold did not catch, causing it to come down quickly. A safety mechanism caused it to catch, but the force caused the other tower to tip over. The employees were ejected from the platform but were tied off to the guardrails/hoists above them using self-retracting lanyards. Employee 1 was hospitalized with bruises, lacerations, and a concussion. Employee 2 was hospitalized with bruising, facial lacerations, and a shoulder injury.

Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 30 feet · Brain · Construction · OSHA inspection 1819508

Jan 11, 2025 · Amspec LLC Hospitalized

An employee was boarding a barge. As he stepped onto the gangway, it shifted and the handrail he was using collapsed, causing him to fall and strike his right knee against the gangway. His patellar tendon was torn.

Fall, contact incident onboard water vehicle · Knee(s) · Manufacturing

Dec 30, 2024 · LAZ Parking Texas, LLC Hospitalized

The injured employee was loading luggage at the rear of a shuttle when a second shuttle that parked directly behind them began rolling and then accelerated. The injured employee was pinned between the two shuttles and sustained soft tissue damage and a fractured femur that required surgery.

Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area · Thigh(s) · Other services

Oct 14, 2024 · Gulf Sulphur Services. LTD., LLLP Hospitalized

An employee was trying to clear pelletized sulfur from a plugged chute. When the plug was freed, he lost his footing and fell about 4 feet. His throat struck a nearby handrail and his hands made contact with the working surface as he broke his fall. The employee sustained blunt force trauma to the throat and a fractured thumb. The employee was hospitalized.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Thumb(s) · Wholesale trade

Apr 17, 2024 · Gulf Copper Hospitalized

An employee was walking near a blast pot when a fitting on the pot broke free causing pressure to discharge and knock the employee to the ground. This resulted in hospitalization for two lacerations on their head and a fractured left wrist.

Struck by discharged object or substance · Wrist(s) · Manufacturing

Feb 17, 2024 · Gulf Sulphur Services. LTD., LLLP Amputation

An employee was closing a gate. The gate caught their right index finger, resulting in the amputation of the fingertip.

Struck by door, gate, window · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Wholesale trade

Jul 20, 2023 · Ports America Texas, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was unhooking straps that were securing a shrink-wrapped windmill hub. The employee stepped on the shrink wrap, which was covering a hole, causing them to fall approximately 8 feet. The employee sustained rib fractures and contusions.

Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Transportation and warehousing

Jun 19, 2023 · Gulf Stevedoring Services Hospitalized

An employee was walking near a forklift operator who was palletizing fruit pallets when the forklift drove into the employee, pinning them between a ladder and a crane. The employee suffered a broken leg.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area · Leg(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1679340

Apr 3, 2023 · Gulf Copper Dry Dock & Rig Repair Hospitalized

An employee was sandblasting when the nozzle of the sandblaster became clogged. While unclogging the nozzle, the trigger was activated and pressurized air and sand were discharged resulting in injury to the employee's arm.

Struck by discharged object or substance · Arm(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1660875

Feb 10, 2023 · Gulf Copper Dry Dock & Repair Hospitalized

The employee was entering a tank on a vessel through a manhole on the main deck via a fixed ladder. While attempting to lean against the coaming to adjust his grip on the ladder, he fell into the tank, striking against temporary scaffolding. The employee sustained rib fractures.

Other fall to lower level · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Dec 6, 2022 · T & T Marine Services, LLC Amputation

An employee was using a sledgehammer to adjust a metal I-beam. When the employee struck the I-beam with the sledgehammer, his left little finger was pinched between the edge of the I-beam and the sledgehammer, causing an amputation of his fingertip.

Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Fingertip(s) · Construction

Nov 4, 2022 · Sherwin-Williams Paint Store Hospitalized

An employee was using a forklift to rearrange merchandise in a warehouse. As he was walking around the back of the forklift, the employee slipped on hydraulic fluid that leaked from the vehicle and fell to the floor, resulting in a femur fracture.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Thigh(s) · Retail · OSHA inspection 1633298

Oct 10, 2022 · T & T Marine Amputation

An employee was working at a dry dock, holding the safety latch of a crane hook open by lifting it while two other employees placed a lifting bridle on the crane hook. The hook was rotated to receive the bridle, causing the employee's right index fingertip to be caught between the hook latch and the crane block face/shell. He suffered an open fracture with partial amputation of the last joint of the finger.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Sep 28, 2022 · United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was sitting inside of a shipping container doing paperwork with the doors closed while a generator was running. The employee developed carbon monoxide poisoning and lost consciousness.

Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Body systems · Mining, oil and gas · OSHA inspection 1626219

Jul 19, 2022 · Academy Sports + Outdoors Hospitalized

An employee was standing on a pallet to reach for a box on a shelf. She fell to the ground, suffering a possible fracture to the right hip, and was hospitalized.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Hip(s) · Retail

Apr 30, 2022 · Ports America Hospitalized

An employee was walking across a ramp after discharging a vessel when they fell approximately 5 feet to the ground below, resulting in fractured ribs.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Transportation and warehousing

Apr 5, 2022 · Hutco Inc. Hospitalized

At about 8:00 a.m. on April 5, 2022, an employee was using lifting equipment to lift a pump that was to be repaired. The pump shifted and the employee's right hand was caught between it and a boat deck. The employee's right index and middle fingers were crushed and the employee was hospitalized.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Other services

Mar 16, 2022 · Gulf Copper Dry Dock & Rig Repair Hospitalized

An employee was working on a steel plate, about 1 foot by 8 feet, to be installed on a structure that was being fabricated. He stepped on a piece of metal that had been welded to the plate, causing the plate to strike him in the shin. He suffered a laceration and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Stepped on object · Lower leg(s) · Manufacturing

Jan 15, 2022 · Texas International Terminals Hospitalized

An employee was climbing down a fixed ladder on a rail car. A gust of wind caused him to fall to the ballast rocks about 4-6 feet below. He suffered a broken left arm.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Arm(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Oct 12, 2021 · Consolidated Crane & Rigging, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was flagging as a crane lifted a 15,000 lbs. transformer into a building. The transformer slid off the skates and crushed the employee between the transformer and a structure resulting in multiple fractures. The employee was hospitalized.

Struck by object or equipment · Nonclassifiable · Construction · OSHA inspection 1558101

Jun 15, 2021 · Ports America Amputation

An employee was standing between two flatbed trailers. He ducked under one of them to avoid falling machinery, and his left hand was caught between the machinery and the trailer. He suffered amputations to the left index, middle, and ring fingertips.

Struck by falling object or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Feb 10, 2021 · Savage Services Hospitalized

An employee was on an elevated platform, turning valves to prepare for cleaning the melter. He lost footing and fell 6 to 8 feet to the main floor. The employee sustained bruised and/or cracked ribs.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Mining, oil and gas · OSHA inspection 1515044

Oct 21, 2020 · Southern Crushed Concrete LLC Hospitalized

An employee was mowing a yard entrance with a brush hog. A pipe fell onto his right foot, breaking the little toe.

Struck by falling object or equipment · Toes(s), toenail(s) · Manufacturing

Sep 20, 2020 · Randalls Grocery Store Amputation

An employee's fingers were amputated when their hand was caught in the meat tenderizer machine.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Retail · OSHA inspection 1494630

Sep 19, 2020 · Savage Services Hospitalized

An employee was removing hot sulfur slugs and sulfur splashed onto his face. The employee sustained a second degree thermal burn on his cheek.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Cheek(s) · Mining, oil and gas

Aug 24, 2020 · Turner Industries Group Hospitalized

An employee was removing a tarp covering a mechanical fabrication area. The employee was standing on the fourth rung of an 8-foot ladder when he lost his footing and fell to the ground sustaining a broken tibia/fibula.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Lower leg(s) · Mining, oil and gas

Jul 30, 2020 · Gulf Copper Dry Dock & Rig Repair Hospitalized

On July 30, 2020, an employee became overheated and was hospitalized, suffering from dehydration.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Manufacturing

May 19, 2020 · Williams Industrial Services, LLC Hospitalized

Two employees were installing vent pipe and supports on top of a bulk storage tank. There was an explosion in the tank causing the employee working on the tank roof to fall from the tank to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured shoulder. The second employee was in an aerial lift at the roof line when the tank exploded. The second employee did not fall, but sustained flash burns to the face and arms.

Explosion · Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) · Mining, oil and gas · OSHA inspection 1475852