Gilmer, TX

Employers with the most severe injuries in Gilmer

Example incidents

• Coil Specialist, Inc. GILMER, TEXAS · 2025-10-01 · Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation

  An employee was observing expansion rods on a coil expander going into a coil to ensure copper stubs weren't being bent. His left hand was caught between the locking block and locking block clamp on the power press machine, resulting in partial amputation of his left little finger from the distal interphalangeal joint.

• East Texas Strata, LLC GILMER, TEXAS · 2025-07-17 · Other fall to lower level unspecified

  An employee was checking the air trap and noticed some shell cuttings were clogging up the trap. He was walking around to wash them out when he walked through some steam and did not see the step down. He fell onto the metal grated floor, landing on his left hip and left knee. The employee was hospitalized and required hip surgery.

• Upshur Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation GILMER, TEXAS · 2024-11-04 · Vehicle or machinery fire

  An employee was troubleshooting an electrical meter on a house. The employee didn't notice anything abnormal from the ground, so they went up in a bucket and noticed the wire connecting to the lightening arrestor was not connected. They made a curl on the existing copper and went to reconnect when an electrical transformer caused a fire. The employee sustained second- and third-degree burns to the face, upper body, and arms.

• Robroy Industries LLC GILMER, TEXAS · 2024-03-20 · Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running

  An employee was manually moving a motorized pipe cart into position when their right ring fingertip was caught between the cart and the offload pipe rack, resulting in amputation.

• Hixson Lumber Company GILMER, TEXAS · 2023-04-06 · Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning

  An employee was feeding a board through a planer. The board became lodged and as the employee went to fix it, his finger was caught in the machine. The employee sustained a left middle fingertip amputation.

• Upshur Forest Products, LLC GILMER, TEXAS · 2021-09-27 · Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation

  As an employee was loading boards into a pallet machine, his left little finger was pinched between the gantry and the piece of wood he was holding and the distal tuft was amputated.

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Source: federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports, inspections, and ITA Form 300/301 filings. Counts reflect federal jurisdiction only.