Struck by falling object unspecified · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Champion Home Builders, Inc., 501 S. Burleson Blvd., BURLESON, TEXAS 76028
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
On July 1, 2024, an employee was removing a metal forklift door with an impact drill. The door fell to where it sits on the forklift and pinched the employee's left middle finger against the forklift surface. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.
HospitalizedAmputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Doors, hatches vehicle and machine cabin
More severe injuries at Champion Home Builders, Inc.
At 7:30 a.m. on March 11, 2025, an employee was cutting angle iron pieces with a saw. When he went to stop the blade, it lacerated his right middle finger.
The injured employee was holding the rafters at the roof build table area while a co-worker attached them to the roof frame using a pneumatic nailer. A four-inch nail ricocheted and pierced the employee's left shoulder resulting in injury to an artery and the left lung.
An employee was using a miter saw to install molding during construction of a new mobile home and sustained severe lacerations to their right arm and hand.
An employee was standing on an A-frame ladder 3 to 4 feet above the ground, replacing the exterior siding of a home. The ladder tilted to one side, causing him to fall off. He suffered eight broken ribs and a collapsed lung.
An employee was walking past a crossover conveyor when a ramp came down and hit them in the back. The employee sustained a broken back vertebra, as well as a concussion, and was hospitalized.
An employee was unloading frameless mirrors from a trailer. When unstrapped, the mirrors fell over onto the employee, who suffered a skull fracture, a brain bleed and blood clot, a broken left ankle, and lacerations.
A temporary employee was rigging secondary steel when the steel joist fell to the ground and struck his lower left leg, resulting in fractures to the tibia and fibula.
Two maintenance employees were dismantling a machine part (steel cylindrical rollers) on the ground. After unbolting a portion, part of the assembly fell approximately 6 inches onto one employee's left little finger. The employee was hospitalized and about 3/4" of their little finger above the top joint was surgically amputated.
On September 5, 2025, an employee was installing gang plates on a structure when the side walls fell and hit her head. She then fell onto her back and the side wall pressed her to the ground, resulting in hospitalization due to an ilium fracture and a transverse process fracture on the right side.
An employee was blowing cellulose insulation into the open attic area of a manufactured home. While the employee was holding the insulation hose, it caught on the guardrail of the catwalk/suspended walkway leading into the attic. The tugging motion caused the employee to lose their footing and step onto the sheetrock ceiling. The employee fell through the ceiling to the ground about 8 feet below and suffered a broken lower left leg. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was going between a ladder and a wall to repair a wall in the utility room. A brad-nailing gun was hanging on a piece of wood on the side of the ladder. The employee contacted the brad nailer and the trigger was pushed into the wooden piece. The brad-nailing gun actuated and shot a 2-inch brad into the employee's abdomen.
An employee was on a scaffold caulking and painting a manufactured home. She fell off the scaffold an estimated 6 to 8 feet, landing on the concrete floor. The employee suffered upper body injuries and was hospitalized.
An employee was going up a ladder from the first level roof to the second level roof. The ladder slipped and the employee fell approximately 8 to 10 feet to the surface on the first level. The employee sustained fractures to three ribs and bruises on their arms and hands.
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.