Severe Workplace Injuries in Magnolia, Texas

Dec 5, 2024 · Pieper Houston Electric, LP Hospitalized

A temporary employee was extended 24 feet in a telescopic mast lift when the lift drove over a hole that had previously been filled with soil. The tires sank in the soil, causing the lift to tip over. The employee fell with the lift to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with bruising to his head, face, and the left side of his body, as well as broken teeth, a fractured jaw, a fractured left arm, and a dislocated left finger. He required surgery. The employee was wearing PPE and fall protection was in place at the time.

Nonroadway noncollision vehicle overturn · Head and extremities · Construction · OSHA inspection 1792125

Aug 14, 2024 · Liberty Energy - Magnolia Amputation

An employee was setting time to the gear. The employee was manually rotating the upper gear when his left ring and little fingers were crushed between the upper and lower gears, resulting in distal amputations.

Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Other finger(s) (other) · Mining, oil and gas

Jan 29, 2024 · Canrig Drilling Technology Amputation

An employee was working to set a drive pin on an S-hook so a forklift could pick up a part and bring it to the paint department. The employee's left middle finger was pinched between the pin and the S-hook resulting in a partial amputation.

Contact incidents · Other finger(s) (other) · Mining, oil and gas

Dec 5, 2022 · Exo Group, LLC Amputation

An employee was performing maintenance on a 36-foot light pole. The employee was moving the pole when it rolled onto their foot, crushing and amputating a toe.

Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker · Toes(s), toenail(s) · Construction

May 9, 2022 · Tomball Sheet Metal, L.P. Hospitalized

An employee was rolling metal using a plate roller. The employee's glove got caught in the plate roller and their fingers were crushed.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1600303

Jan 14, 2022 · Durwood Greene Construction Co Amputation

At about 1:30 p.m. on January 14, 2022, an employee was climbing into the cab of a bulldozer when the wind slammed the door shut on the employee's left little fingertip. The fingertip was amputated.

Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing

Aug 14, 2020 · Magnolia International LLC Hospitalized

An employee was installing a roof on top of a newly constructed water tank. The employee fell 16 feet through the roof to the steel surface below, suffering a head injury, a broken pelvis, and a broken vertebra.

Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet · Multiple body parts · Construction · OSHA inspection 1488416

May 18, 2020 · Precision Land Clearing, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was adjusting a bellypan conveyor belt when his right arm was caught by and pulled into the moving conveyor belt, trapping his arm and causing severe damage to the right arm muscle.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Arm(s) · Construction

Jan 10, 2020 · Gregory Pile Driving, Inc. Amputation

An employee was helping the operator remove an auger bit from a drilling rig. During the removal, his left hand was crushed between the head of the auger bit and outer kelly resulting in amputation of the pinky finger.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Construction

Nov 10, 2019 · William Brothers Construction Hospitalized

An employee was dumping sand from his truck. The truck tumbled over and the employee hit his head on the inside of the truck door. He suffered a laceration to the top of the head that required stitches.

Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport (other) · Scalp · Construction

Oct 9, 2019 · M & G Contractors, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was removing the housing from a drill rod and putting on the reamer. A pipe wrench slipped off of the pipe and spun around, striking and breaking the employee's left leg.

Injured by handheld object or equipment (other) · Leg(s) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1441230

Jul 31, 2019 · Williams Brothers Construction Co., Inc Amputation

While an employee was removing a soffit support jack, the cushion block on the bottom of the soffit fell and smashed the ends of his right middle and ring fingers. He sustained an amputation of the right ring fingertip and was hospitalized.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Construction

Jul 3, 2019 · LINCOLN MANUFACTURING INC Amputation

An employee was manually rolling pipe on a pipe rack when his right thumb was crushed between the pipe and rack, resulting in a partial amputation of the skin and a bone fracture on the top digit of his right thumb.

Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing

Jun 9, 2019 · HEB Amputation

An employee was cutting meat with a bandsaw when the saw amputated his right little fingertip, which was reattached at the hospital.

Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Retail

May 15, 2019 · WILLIAMS BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. Hospitalized

An employee was rigging and walking around a construction site when he became ill and required hospitalization for heat exhaustion.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Construction · OSHA inspection 1403053

Mar 9, 2019 · Jose Alfredo Lopez Hospitalized

At about 11:20 a.m. on March 9, 2019, an employee and his employer were working on the roof of a new construction structure. They were installing paper in the roof when both slipped and fell to the concrete floor. The employee suffered massive bleeding from the head and severe bruises on his left shoulder.

Other fall to lower level · Multiple body parts (other) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1384247

Jan 25, 2019 · Williams Brothers Construction Co., Inc Amputation

A swivel snagged on a Kelly bar. An employee was trying to un-swivel the wire rope while the swivel was turning. The wire rope was winded up and when the tension was released it caught the employee's left hand resulting in the partial amputation of a finger.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Construction

Aug 16, 2018 · Kroger#389 Hospitalized

An employee fell to the floor while mopping it, breaking his right hip.

Fall on same level · Hip(s) · Retail

Apr 25, 2018 · Mid-South Electric Cooperative Association Hospitalized

An employee was pulling a wire while walking backward when the wire came loose. The employee then fell over a tree limb and landed on his back, breaking three ribs and suffering a collapsed lung.

Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Utilities · OSHA inspection 1320047

Feb 28, 2018 · Oilfield Steel Supply, LLC Amputation

An employee was operating a saw to cut an alloy steel bar when he attempted to pull a piece out from the saw. The saw blade then cut his finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing

Dec 15, 2017 · Brookshire Brothers #48 Hospitalized

An employee was stocking meat items when the employee dropped a package of meat. The employee reached to pick it up while resting one hand on a shopping cart. The shopping cart rolled and the employee fell to the floor, fracturing the upper right femur and requiring hospitalization.

Fall on same level (other) · Thigh(s) · Retail

Feb 27, 2017 · Edgar Moreno Hospitalized

On February 27, 2017, at approximately 12:40 PM, an employee was assembling a scaffold and fell from the scaffold. The employee was hospitalized for a herniated disc.

Other fall to lower level · Back, including spine, spinal cord · Construction

Nov 16, 2016 · Quadvest Construction Hospitalized

An employee was climbing up the outer portion of a water station when he slipped and fell, breaking his ankle and hurting his back.

Other fall to lower level · Ankle(s) · Construction

May 16, 2016 · CHIEF FIRE SYSTEMS Hospitalized

An employee was attempting to tighten bolts on a sprinkler system used for fire suppression when a gasket ruptured, causing water under pressure to flow out and strike him. He then fell 16.5 feet from his ladder to the concrete floor below. He suffered facial scrapes, an orbital bone fracture above the left eye, a left shoulder fracture, a left rib fracture, a sacrum bone fracture on the left side, a collapsed lung on the left side, and a loss of consciousness.

Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet · Multiple body parts (other) · Construction

Mar 19, 2016 · Ramco Erectors, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was installing metal decking when he fell while trying to grab a piece of sheet metal that was elevated by a forklift. He fell approximately 15 feet to a dirt surface and was hospitalized with head and neck trauma.

Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Head and neck · Construction · OSHA inspection 1134095

Jun 7, 2015 · Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was shocked by 480 volts when his left arm made contact with an energized blower/vacuum unit while removing water from under the blower. He was hospitalized.

Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts · Body systems · Transportation and warehousing