Collapse, engulfment building or structure · Intracranial injuries unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tactical Demolition LLC, 1200 E Brin St, TERRELL, TEXAS 75160
on — Intracranial injuries unspecified , affecting the Brain.
Final narrative
Employees were chipping concrete/brick to separate a building for demolition when the wall collapsed and debris fell onto the employees, resulting in hospitalization of two employees. One employee sustained a fractured left femur and a head injury, and the other sustained a severe head injury.
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.
On June 11, 2025, employees were completing the installation of flashing and waterproofing material at the base of an existing masonry wall. The wall gave way while the employees were working on it and three employees were injured by falling brick and mortar. Two employees were treated and released. The third employee sustained fractures to both arms, a blunt force injury to the face, and a partial amputation of their right little finger. The third employee was hospitalized.
Two employees were standing under a mobile fall protection gantry span while it was being adjusted. While the security bolts were being removed, the adjustable legs began to spread, causing the main beam to fall and strike the employees on their heads. Both employees sustained blunt force trauma and lacerations to the tops of their heads.
An employee was overseeing the feeding of chicks in the chick hatchery. The feed piping became clogged, causing it to spill over onto the ceiling. The ceiling collapsed and struck the employee. The employee sustained broken vertebrae and a broken femur.
An 18-foot-tall scaffold collapsed onto an employee, who was hit by concrete masonry unit blocks that had been sitting on the scaffold. The employee suffered a broken skull, right hip, and nose, as well as head lacerations and swelling in the right shoulder.
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On September 30, 2025, an employee was applying production labels to a splintered piece of pallet on a conveyor. Their right middle finger was caught as the split line exit conveyor moved forward, resulting in an amputation.
An employee was operating a pattern block roller machine. The employee was pinned (at the mid- to upper torso) between the pusher bar and the assembly platform. The employee suffered broken ribs.
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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.
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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.