Severe Workplace Injuries in Port Arthur, Texas

Nov 6, 2025 · AMTS INTERNATIONAL LLC Hospitalized

Employees were operating a telehandler to pick up an I-beam that was behind two 5-part sheave blocks on cribbing. The injured employee grabbed the rigging chain and knelt down to attach it when the telehandler boom went outward and the movement shifted the blocks. One block slipped and fell over onto the injured employee's left leg, resulting in hospitalization with a fractured femur.

Struck by falling object · Thigh(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Jun 22, 2025 · Walmart, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was on a ladder, helping a customer get an item from a stock room. While he was stopping an item from falling, the ladder tilted and he fell to the ground. He suffered a broken rib and a collapsed lung and was hospitalized.

Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment · Multiple trunk locations · Retail

May 17, 2025 · VLS Environmental Solutions LLC Hospitalized

An employee was stepping down from a walkway after coming off a barge when he slipped and fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured left femur.

Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels · Thigh(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1827317

Oct 9, 2024 · Bechtel Energy Construction Services Inc. Hospitalized

At 9:44 p.m. on October 9, 2024, an employee was helping rig and move a bundle containing about 30 pieces of 48-foot, 6-inch rebar. The employee was caught between the moving rebar bundle and a landed stationary rebar bundle, suffering a liver laceration and a non-displaced fracture of the tenth rib.

Struck by suspended or swinging objects (other) · Multiple trunk locations · Construction

Aug 29, 2024 · OXBOW CALCINING LLC Hospitalized

An employee was uncoupling a hose from an air compressor. The pressurized hose struck the employee's left side, fracturing a rib and lacerating their kidney and spleen.

Struck by discharged object or substance · Multiple trunk locations · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1773474

Jul 24, 2024 · Sochem Solutions, Inc. Hospitalized

A driver was loading a caustic solution into his tanker trailer. The employee was draining the loading hose into a 5-gallon bucket and then transporting it to a drain/sump to empty it. The employee was walking to the drain when his pants leg caught on a connector valve and he lost control of the bucket. When the bucket struck the ground, the caustic material splashed up and under his face shield and safety goggles onto his face. The employee was treated for a chemical burn to the left eye and was hospitalized.

Exposure through intact tissue · Eye(s) · Manufacturing

Feb 11, 2024 · Integrated Service Company LLC Hospitalized

An employee was using a 7-inch grinder with a 6-inch cutting stone disc to put a bevel on a tube sheet. The cutting stone broke apart and contacted the employee, resulting in a fractured right tibia.

Struck by dislodged or detached object(s) · Lower leg(s) · Mining, oil and gas · OSHA inspection 1729055

Feb 6, 2024 · Bechtel Energy Hospitalized

An employee was outside a vehicle, speaking to its operator, when that vehicle was struck by another vehicle. The employee was knocked over and suffered a broken humerus and a dislocated shoulder.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle location · Shoulder(s) and arm(s) · Construction

Jan 22, 2024 · MOTIVA ENTERPRISES LLC Hospitalized

An employee was inspecting trays inside an amine tower vessel to determine what needed to be replaced. The employee climbed down through the 20 percolator trays, going through 18" x 22" openings in the trays, until he reached the third or fourth tray from the bottom. The employee then slipped and fell approximately 20 feet to a metal surface below. The employee sustained injuries to their back, left elbow, and ankles and was hospitalized.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1723427

Dec 5, 2023 · Cleveland Integrity Services, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was performing oversight for the welding of a pipeline launcher door on a construction project. Two welders were performing arc welding, one on the interior diameter of the pipeline launcher door, and the other on the outside diameter of the launcher door when a flash fire occurred. The injured employee sustained first- and second-degree burns to the face, neck, back, and hands.

Fire · Multiple body parts (other) · Mining, oil and gas · OSHA inspection 1714587

Dec 4, 2023 · Brand Energy Solutions Hospitalized

Employees were building scaffold access under the switch deck by the coke chutes. Two employees were standing on a scaffold platform while passing scaffold material. The coke drum above them was being cut (washed down with water). Heated water left the coke drum through a chute and splashed the two employees. Both employees were hospitalized with first- and second-degree thermal burns to the shoulders and upper back.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Shoulder(s) and back · Construction

Jun 8, 2023 · Sarens USA, Inc Hospitalized

An employee was assembling the first track on a crawler crane and was using a crowbar (spreader bar) to adjust the shims. Something moved, causing the crowbar to strike and puncture the employee's chest. The employee required surgery.

Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Construction

Jun 6, 2023 · Sunbelt Rentals Scaffold Services LLC Hospitalized

An employee was using a portable, battery-powered circular saw to cut plywood boards when they sustained a fracture and laceration to their left hand. The employee was hospitalized.

Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Hand(s) · Real estate and rental · OSHA inspection 1675678

Dec 7, 2022 · PARTNER INDUSTRIAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP Amputation

An employee was re-filling the abrasive blast pot with grit. As the abrasive pot was depressurizing, the lid was opened and the employee sustained fractures to the neck, eye socket, and head.

Struck by object or equipment · Head and neck · Construction

Oct 5, 2022 · Zachry Group Hospitalized

A rigging crew was installing structural steel beams from a staging area. A crane had been used to stand a beam up; an employee was standing on one side of the beam helping others adjust the wire rope rigging. The beam became unstable, rolled toward the employee, and struck his legs, breaking each one between the knee and the ankle.

Struck by falling object or equipment · Lower leg(s) · Construction

Aug 14, 2022 · MPW Manufacturing Services, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was trying to secure a clamp connecting a hose to a tank. The hose separate from the tank, and the employee was sprayed with a solution of water and 4 percent sodium hydroxide. The employee suffered irritation to the face and right eye.

Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue · Multiple face locations · Utilities · OSHA inspection 1617190

Jul 18, 2022 · Primcor Refinery Group Hospitalized

An employee was checking around a work area. The employee tripped on a ground rod that was sticking up about 2 inches from the ground and suffered a broken left knee.

Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Knee(s) · Manufacturing

Jul 15, 2022 · Brand Energy Solutions Hospitalized

An employee was sitting on a pipe inside a tank, sandblasting. He put his hose down to slide forward and start sandblasting another area. The hose activated and injected the back of his left leg with sandblasting medium.

Struck by discharged object or substance · Leg(s) · Professional and technical services · OSHA inspection 1609485

Apr 22, 2022 · Universal Plant Services, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was descending a 30-foot ladder and slipped, falling approximately 5 feet to the ground. The employee sustained fractured vertebrae and a fractured ankle requiring hospitalization.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing

Sep 13, 2021 · United Rentals Hospitalized

On September 13, 2021, an employee was underneath a rough-terrain forklift removing a steering rod column. The jack stands used to support the forklift collapsed, causing the forklift to fall onto the employee. The employee sustained injuries to the shoulders, collarbone, and ribs.

Struck by other falling powered vehicle · Multiple body parts (other) · Real estate and rental

Jul 7, 2021 · Superior Energies, Inc Hospitalized

On July 7, 2021, an employee was lifting their left leg up to climb onto the upper scaffold deck for scaffold modification. After stepping up approximately 2 feet to the upper scaffold deck, the employee felt a pain in their abdomen. The employee suffered an inguinal hernia that required hospitalization.

Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode · Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Construction

Apr 21, 2021 · Motiva Enterprise LLC Hospitalized

An employee was collecting a sample at a closed loop station. Recently installed tubing came loose, spraying the employee with spent acid. The employee suffered second-degree burns to the right forearm and left wrist.

Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue · Wrist(s) and arm(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1527076

Jan 4, 2021 · Chevron Lubricants Hospitalized

An employee was filling a refrigerator with bottled water when the employee slipped and fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right hip that required surgery.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Hip(s) · Manufacturing

Sep 15, 2020 · GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS Hospitalized

An employee was organizing clothes racks on the sales floor prior to store opening. The employee fell and fractured a femur. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

Fall on same level · Thigh(s) · Retail

Aug 23, 2020 · Cust-O-Fab Specialty Services, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was on the working platform of a scaffold at a height of approximately 9 feet doing welding operations. During an alarm, the employee fell from the scaffold's ladder to the ground, resulting in a compound fracture to the lower left leg requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Other fall to lower level · Lower leg(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Jul 10, 2020 · Tolunay-Wong Engineering, Inc. Amputation

An employee was changing a surface casing of a drill rig, pulling it up with the drill pipe. His right thumb was caught in a pinch point between the mast and the casing. The thumb tuft was amputated, along with the soft tissue of the thumb tip.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Professional and technical services

Jun 23, 2020 · RRR Electripro Hospitalized

An employee was working on a breaker isolation switch of unknown voltage. The employee received an electrical shock from the switch and was hospitalized.

Direct exposure to electricity · Body systems · Utilities · OSHA inspection 1480697

May 10, 2020 · Brinker International Amputation

An employee was cutting cilantro with a knife. The knife partially amputated his left thumb.

Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Hotels and restaurants

Jan 24, 2020 · Motiva Enterprises Hospitalized

An employee was troubleshooting a pump that was not working. The employee was on top of the piping system checking the flow switch. While troubleshooting the flow switch, the cap was removed and the employee noticed the flow switch was leaking. The employee made contact with electrical parts within the flow switch and a fire started. The employee then jumped off the piping system. The employee suffered a broken left leg and third degree burns to both hands.

Vehicle or machinery fire · Upper and lower limb(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1459168

Nov 20, 2019 · Motion Industries Amputation

An employee was operating an order picker. As he was lowering it, his right ring finger was caught between its head rest and the shelf rack, causing a partial amputation at the tip.

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing