105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

EL PASO, TEXAS—

Hawk Construction

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Cuts, lacerations

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Hawk Construction, Intersertion of Mesa St. and University, EL PASO, TEXAS 79912 on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.

Final narrative

An employee's safety vest became entangled with a trenching machine's blade, and the blade lacerated the employee's back.

Hospitalized Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified Trenchers

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