Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY-CUSTOMS & BORDER PROTECT, 1501 EAST EXPRESSWAY 83, WESLACO, TEXAS 78596
on — Rickettsioses diseases, unspecified, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was working in the field and contracted the flu and typhus.
On 7/31/2025, an employee was training to ride an ATV when it went into a draw and she went over the front of the ATV, landing on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured arm.
While stepping backward from a filing cabinet, an employee tripped on computers stacked in a walkway. The employee fell about 5 to 6 feet back, their head and neck striking a desk and chair. The employee suffered pain and swelling in the neck, a hematoma on the head, and a concussion.
A firearms instructor was performing routine training. Their pistol discharged while their right hand was in line with the muzzle and the employee's middle finger was partially amputated. The finger has been surgically reattached.
A crane was being tested in the ground support equipment area. An employee stumbled backward over the driver's side front outrigger, fell, and landed on his left wrist while trying to brace himself, resulting in a wrist fracture.
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.