GEISMAR, LOUISIANA—
Zachry Group
Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Zachry Group, 8404 River Rd. , GEISMAR, LOUISIANA 70734 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was taking down a scaffold when he fell through a hole in one of the scaffold planks. He hit the railing on the scaffold when he fell, injuring his ribs. The employee was wearing fall protection at the time. He was hospitalized overnight.
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Two employees were adjusting a wire spool on the forks of a forklift when the spool shifted and pinned the injured employee's right hand. They sustained a right index finger amputation and a right thumb fracture.
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An employee was changing bolts on a two-hole splice plate of an erected steel beam. After removing the second bolt, the bull pin dislodged, causing the beam to fall. The employee fell approximately eight feet off the beam and landed on a pipe spool below. The employee sustained fractures to the left clavicle, left wrist, and a laceration above his eyebrow.
PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS—
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A rigging crew was installing structural steel beams from a staging area. A crane had been used to stand a beam up; an employee was standing on one side of the beam helping others adjust the wire rope rigging. The beam became unstable, rolled toward the employee, and struck his legs, breaking each one between the knee and the ankle.
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Zachry Group
An employee was operating a forklift when a flatbed truck drove toward it. The employee's right hand was caught between the forklift's rear cab and the front end of the flatbed. The employee suffered an amputation to the ring finger.
SWEENY, TEXAS—
Zachry Group
An employee was closing a gang box when his left middle finger was caught between the gang box, amputating the distal phalanx.
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