Heart of Texas Goodwill Industries, Inc

An employee was completing a sensor replacement on an air-cooled chiller unit and went to sit on a 5-gallon bucket during a rest break. He experienced sudden stiffness in his left knee, causing him to fall backward and strike his back on a pipe hanger. The employee sustained three broken vertebrae in their lower back.

An employee was sitting at their computer when they fell off their chair, resulting in an S4 compression fracture in their spine.

An employee was sitting on a tall teller chair in a bank drive-through. She leaned forward in the chair when it rolled out from under her. As she fell, a metal footstool that was positioned under the teller station was knocked over. The employee fell on top of the footstool and suffered a puncture wound on the right side of her abdomen from one of the metal legs on the footstool.

An employee fell out of a chair, resulting in an injured ankle that required surgery to repair.

A switchboard operator leaned back in her chair and the chair tipped over. She fell backward and struck her head on the floor, sustaining a subarachnoid bleed.

An employee was removing boxes from a pallet. When he stepped backward, his foot caught on shrink wrap. He fell to the concrete, landing on his right hip and breaking it. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was unpacking donations from a donation bin and moving a portable canopy when he lost his balance and fell forward. The employee struck his head on the concrete and sustained a fractured C4 vertebra and a laceration to the forehead that required stitches.

An employee tripped over a shopping cart and landed on her left arm. She suffered a dislocated shoulder and a fracture.

An employee was placing signs on merchandise when they tripped and fell to the floor on their left side. The employee broke a hip and was hospitalized for surgery.

An employee was lowering a person from a van using a lift. The employee's right thumb was caught in the van lift and severely wounded, resulting in a partial amputation.

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 inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

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.