Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Capital Pumping, Intersection US79 & FM 350, GAUSE, TEXAS 77857
on — Amputations, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee lost control of a concrete pumping truck, which then rolled down over the hill. He severed his left leg and broke his arm and pelvis.
An employee was attempting to stop a truck from rolling backwards into another when his left hand was caught between the two vehicles, seriously lacerating his left thumb.
An employee was driving an articulating dump truck on a private haul road. While making a turn, the truck left a portion of the roadway at a rough section, causing the cab to articulate vigorously. The employee sustained fractures to the ribs and left ankle, as well as a right knee injury. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was driving a forklift down a ramp after dropping off freight at a dock. The ramp was sweating, causing the employee to slide off the dock. The employee suffered a broken left hand.
An employee was operating a forklift when the forklift went off the road. The employee jumped from the forklift and was crushed by the forklift from the waist down.
An employee was driving a logging truck and lost control of the truck. The truck fell onto the shoulder of the road. The employee sustained right shoulder and neck injuries.
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.