Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Fluor Corporation, 12301 Kurland Dr, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77034
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was waiting for an elevator. The elevator stopped higher than floor level. When the employee entered the elevator, she tripped and fractured her leg.
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Employees were raising a structural steel beam (L 27' x W 24" x 104") when it fell striking the injured employee. They were lifting the beam using a beam clamp and a crane to orient it to slide in place to be bolted up. The injured employee's lower left leg was amputated. The employee also sustained serious injuries to the right leg, a bruised hand and a possible fractured cheekbone.
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