Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
Through the Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program, NIOSH conducts investigations of fatal occupational injuries. The primary intent of this program is to provide interested users with access to the full text of hundreds of fatality investigation reports.
State
FACE Reports: Texas
The
following reports are the products of our Cooperative State partners and are presented here in their original unedited form from the states. The findings and conclusions in these reports are those of the individual Cooperative State partner and do not necessarily reflect the views or policy of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
| Pub. Date | Report No. | State | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/18/2001 | 1999TX020 | TX | A farm worker on a family run farm in Texas died when he was crushed by the basket of a cotton stripper as he stood in the engine compartment of the cotton stripper. |
| 1/18/2001 | 1999TX381 | TX | A module truck driver for a cotton gin in Texas died from internal injuries when crushed between the tailgate of a trailer and the metal beam supporting a cotton seed dispenser box. |
| 6/22/2000 | 1999TX390 | TX | A plumber repairing a water line in a trench in Texas died when he was struck by the bucket of a backhoe. |
| 10/22/1999 | 1999TX202 | TX | The foreman for an electrical construction and maintenance company in Texas was electrocuted after grabbing energized bayonet fuse in a live front transformer. |
| 10/15/1999 | 1999TX231 | TX | A forklift shop technician for a dealer who services, sells, and rents material handling equipment, in Texas, died when the carriage of a forklift fell and one of the fork's tines crushed his chest. |
| 8/24/1999 | 1999TX059 | TX | A farmer was crushed when a round bale of hay, weighing 1,500 - 1,800 lbs., toppled off of an agricultural tractor equipped as a front-end loader with a fork attachment. |
| 8/17/1999 | 1999TX467 | TX | An operations manager for a well servicing company in Texas, died when a length of pipe mounted on top of a skid-mounted mud pump broke loose and struck him in the head. |
| 7/27/1999 | 1999TX058 | TX | A switchman for a railcar manufacturer died when he was caught between a pole and the railcar he was riding on. |
| 5/12/1999 | 1999TX468 | TX | A laborer for a boring and tunneling company in Texas, died when he was struck by a hydraulic hose. |
| 3/25/1999 | 2001TX133 | TX | Two gas well workers were struck and killed when a drainage pipe broke free during a gas well pressure test. |
| 3/24/1999 | 1998TX310 | TX | A laborer for a framing subcontractor in Texas died when he fell from a wooden trash box being lifted by a forklift. |
| 3/9/1999 | 1998TX468 | TX | A laborer for a boring and tunneling company in Texas, died when he was struck by a hydraulic hose. |
| 2/18/1999 | 1998TX254 | TX | A fitter working for a steel building manufacturer in Texas, died when a 7,800 pound rafter fell on him. |
| 1/31/1999 | 1998TX350 | TX | A fitter/welder for an elbow fabricator in Texas died when he was struck by a 9,300 lb. elbow when a support stand was being removed. |
| 1/6/1999 | 1998TX112 | TX | A rear load helper, for a refuse collection company in Texas, died when he was crushed by the rear wheels of a refuse collection vehicle. |
| 12/28/1998 | 1998TX235 | TX | A plant operator at a coal fired power generation plant in Texas, died when he fell between the bypass dampers located in the flu gas desulfurization unit. |
| 12/4/1998 | 1998TX197 | TX | A canal rider working for an irrigation district in Texas, died when he fell into a standpipe four feet in diameter and 16 feet high. |
| 12/2/1998 | 1998TX073 | TX | A driller working at a West Texas oil field died when he fell from a derrick board he was standing on as it was being lifted into place by a forklift. |
| 11/19/1998 | 1998TX236 | TX | TX laborer for a general contractor in Texas died when the personnel lift he was standing in fell over and he struck his head on a concrete floor. |
| 10/30/1998 | 1998TX146 | TX | A hotel maintenance engineer died when struck by the counter weights of an elevator in Texas. |
| 10/30/1998 | 1998TX133 | TX | A maintenance clean-up worker, at a trucking company freight dock terminal in Texas, died when he fell through a skylight on a roof. |
| 10/29/1998 | 1998TX071 | TX | A computer support technician at a communications company in Texas died after being crushed in a stationary trash compactor. |
| 10/29/1998 | 1998TX128 | TX | A roofer's helper, working for a roofing contractor in Texas, died when he fell through a three-foot square opening in a roof and struck a concrete floor. |
| 10/8/1998 | 1998TX145 | TX | A pipe layer working in a trench for a general contractor in Texas, died when a trench wall gave way and he was fully engulfed in sand/dirt. |
| 8/10/1998 | 1998TX074 | TX | A cross tie processor working at an East Texas sawmill died when struck by a guard thrown from a wood chipper machine as he stood at his work station. |
| 8/4/1998 | 1998TX004 | TX | Front-end loader operator dies when crushed between the front bucket of the loader and a low-boy trailer at a cattle feed lot in Texas. |
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