Fall on same level, n.e.c. · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Flex-N-Gate Texas, LLC, 2150 Bardin Rd., GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 75050
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee was working on an assembly line. They stepped into a 4- to 6-inch deep gap/hole, lost balance and fell, striking their side against the machine.
An employee was walking to collect trash from a box at a work cell parts stand. A leg of the stand caught the employee's foot, causing the employee to lose balance, fall to the floor, and suffer a broken left elbow.
An employee was walking in a metal welding area. A forklift struck the employee in the left leg, causing a laceration and fracture to their left lower leg/foot. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee had just finished connecting a chain and hook to a steel mold D-ring in order to remove the mold from a plastic injection molding machine. As the employee was adding tension to the chain, the D-ring snapped, causing the hook to strike the employee. They sustained lacerations to the head and nose, as well as fractures to the nose, forehead and right cheek bone.
An employee was pulling on a bale of corrugated cardboard boxes that were on a conveyor. The straps on the bale failed and the employee fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a fractured femur and/or hip.
On December 27, 2023, an employee was delivering mail to an apartment complex when their knee gave out and they fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a left tibia fracture.
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An employee was dislodging a pallet that was stuck when boxes of product fell onto them, causing them to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured femur.
An employee was changing out the sensor wire on a sensor cap press. The machine actuated after the sensor was replaced, resulting in the amputation of the employee's left little finger.
A temporary employee was working on a plastic extrusion machine. The employee's left index finger got caught between the rotary gears, resulting an amputation to the finger.
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