Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Open Gate Ranch, LP, 6.5 Miles N. Hondo Hwy. 173, HONDO, TEXAS 78861
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
Employee hospitalized due to being struck by a bale of hay while loading it onto a flatbed trailer. Employee broke ribs, pelvis, and vertebrae.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Bundles, bales
An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.
An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.
An employee was lifting a 500-pound steel counterweight off a pallet using a magnetic hold jib crane. The counterweight detached from the crane and the employee sustained a left foot/toe fracture that required surgery.
An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that required surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 111940)
An employee slipped and his hand got caught in a sprig tumbler as he used it to brace his fall. The employee suffered an amputation of fingers on his left hand and was hospitalized.
An employee was using a forklift to stack hay bales when some hay bales fell onto the cage. The employee was ejected from the forklift and landed on the ground, resulting in head and neck trauma that required hospitalization.
On June 17, 2023, around 10:00 AM, an employee was directing a customer who was reversing their pickup truck to get hay from a trailer. The customer's vehicle struck the employee's right leg, fracturing the femur.
An employee was clearing brush on a farming property using an excavator. As the employee exited the excavator, they slipped on the excavator track that was wet from the rain. The employee fell and suffered three fractured ribs that required hospitalization.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.