Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Gulfstream Aerospace Corp, 8411 Lemon Ave., DALLAS, TEXAS 75209
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was working in the tail section of a G4 jet. He was climbing down a ladder when he slipped. To stop his fall, he grabbed something on the ladder, which cut his finger.
An employee was between the trough and casting pit, cleaning a filter box at the end of a cast. His right foot slipped off the lid of the cast pan and went into an opening where molten aluminum goes into a trough. The employee contacted molten aluminum and sustained third degree burns to his right leg, ankle, and foot.
An employee was aloft in a tree cutting tree limbs. He was using a rope system and while repositioning, he slipped on moss that was on the tree bark and struck his knee awkwardly on the tree. The employee sustained a fractured kneecap and was hospitalized.
An employee was leaning against a fry station when his legs began to slip out from under him. He went to break his fall when his right arm entered the cooking oil. He suffered second- and third-degree burns to the arm.
An employee was unlashing (loosening chains) military vehicles on rail cars prior to offloading. As he stepped off the railcar and onto the ground, he twisted his left ankle in loose gravel alongside the rail track. He required surgery for a dislocated ankle.
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