ROBSTOWN, TEXAS—
US Ecology Texas, Inc.
Exposure to harmful substances unspecified · Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure unspecified
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at US Ecology Texas, Inc., 3277 CR 69, ROBSTOWN, TEXAS 78380 on — Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure unspecified, affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .
Final narrative
An employee was pressure washing a vacuum box when she began feeling ill, nauseous, and developed a headache, elevated heart rate, and chills. The employee was hospitalized due to possible benzene exposure. The employee was wearing PPE at the time.
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ROBSTOWN, TEXAS—
US Ecology Texas, Inc.
An employee was helping a loader operator transfer catalyst from a bin into a roll-off box when the bin came off the loader's forks and fell on the ground. The employee was standing next to the bin when it fell and attempted to get out of the way, falling down in the process. The employee sustained left and right knee injuries.
ROBSTOWN, TEXAS—
US Ecology Texas, Inc.
An employee was struck by an excavator on 01/02/2015 and hospitalized for injuries to his leg, several broken bones in his foot, and a fracture in his left arm.
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