Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Baker Concrete Construction, 3400 Montrose, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77006
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
Employee was setting a column form with an overhead hoist, when his finger became caught between a metal bracket and a two by four. The bracket lacerated the tip of the employee's finger and shaved a small portion of the bone. Employee was taken to OccuCare Medical clinic, where he was then referred to a specialist at Memorial Herman Hospital.
An employee was taking down a scaffolding system, standing on the walk board at the second tier, approximately 10 feet off the ground. The employee was tied off to the piece of frame that he was taking off and when he threw it away he fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured pelvis and a broken finger.
An employee was spreading material for footing when a crane that was holding the material reversed and caught the employee's right thumb between it and a 4 x 4. The employee's right thumb tip was amputated.
An employee was preparing to strip a column by attaching it to a crane when the column struck and fractured the employee's pelvis. The column's pins were knocked out at the time of the incident.
An employee was climbing a wooden ladder with a string of lights over his shoulder. When he reached the top of the ladder, he attempted to grab the rail but missed and fell approximately 20 feet, lacerating the side of his face and head and breaking his wrist.
An employee was sweeping behind a guardrail and stepped on the lower portion of the guardrail when he lost his balance. As he stepped back, his foot became stuck between the guardrail and a transformer, resulting in a compound fracture of left tibia and fibula.
An employee was repositioning a chill adder so that the pig tubs behind it could be removed. The employee lost their balance and their finger was pinched between the chill adder and the pig tub, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was backing up a stand-up forklift. The vehicle struck a guard and a wooden table. Upon exiting the forklift, the employee's left leg became caught between the table and dock guard, causing a fractured leg.
An employee was working on a shoring scaffold with another employee to strip plywood from cement. The employees threw a 4x4 piece of forming down and it got stuck on the beam of the scaffold. The injured employee went to grab the forming when their left ring fingertip was pinched between it and the beam, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was using a torch to trim the foundation for a compressed air tank so the tank would fit in place. His left hand was caught between the tank and the steel bar foundation structure; the hand was crushed and burned.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 238110)
An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.
An employee was changing a boom pipe delivery system on a concrete pump truck. He tripped and fell from an elevated level to the ground, resulting in multiple leg fractures.
An employee was reading numbers off a belt that feeds a plant. He reached his hand up and the belt caught his finger, resulting in a finger amputation.
An employee was guiding the pouring end of a concrete pump truck's boom while standing on top of 4-foot wall forms. The boom contacted power lines and the employee was shocked. The employee sustained third-degree burns on the entry and exit path of the electricity, and also sustained first- and second-degree burns to their torso and legs.
An employee was holding a form board on a section of pavement. A skid steer backed into the employee's ankle, breaking it. The employee was hospitalized.
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.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
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.