Palestine, TX—Federal OSHA workplace-safety record

Palestine, TX

18 severe-injury reports between 2015-03-04 and 2025-06-19, 108 OSHA inspections, and 181 Form 300/301 injury filings on federal record in Palestine, Texas.

18Severe injuries

15Hospitalizations

108OSHA inspections

181Injury filings

Employers with the most severe injuries in Palestine

# Employer Severe-injury reports

1 Sanderson Farms, Inc. 3 2 PALESTINE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 2 3 Wal-Mart 2 4 AES LLC 1 5 Boral Concrete Products 1 6 Brookshire Grocery Company 1 7 Custom Hose LLC 1 8 D & D Swabbing Company, L.L.C. 1 9 Headwaters Construction Material 1 10 MKS Services LLC 1

Example incidents

AES LLC PALESTINE, TEXAS · 2025-06-19 · Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet
An employee was ascending a tree using a safety line and spikes. He was cutting through tree limbs with a handheld circular saw as he ascended when the saw cut through his safety line. He fell 30 feet from the tree and suffered a broken right tibia.
MKS Services LLC PALESTINE, TEXAS · 2022-06-14 · Struck by discharged object or substance
Employees were watching a hot oil truck pump hot oil down the well. The vac truck driver was instructed to shut the vac truck valve off to bleed pressure. The hot oiler bled pressure off into the vac hose causing the hose to have too much pressure. The hose blew off and struck three employees. One employee was hospitalized for multiple fractures to their right leg.
Custom Hose LLC PALESTINE, TEXAS · 2021-11-12 · Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was unrolling a soft hose when he lost his balance, tripped on the hose, and fell to the pavement. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.
Brookshire Grocery Company PALESTINE, TEXAS · 2021-03-20 · Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting pork chops with a bandsaw. The sawblade amputated the employee's right index finger.
Sanderson Farms Inc. PALESTINE, TEXAS · 2020-07-20 · Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was loading and unloading boxes of chickens onto a freight elevator. The elevator's doors struck the employee, breaking both arms.
PALESTINE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER PALESTINE, TEXAS · 2018-07-04 · Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was working with a patient in the emergency room when she experienced respiratory problems due to cleaning chemicals from the adjacent area. She was hospitalized.

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