Fall on same level, n.e.c. · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at TERMINAL LINK TEXAS, 12619 Port Rd, SEABROOK, TEXAS 77586
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the multiple trunk locations.
Final narrative
An employee was trying to retrieve a twist lock with a pole. The twist lock fell. As he tried to get away he tripped and fell. He was taken to the hospital with pain in the chest and abdomen.
A lasher employee was injured by a fallen lasher rod that was approximately 8-10 feet in length and 1 1/2 inches in diameter. A second lasher employee was removing a container lasher rod on a top tier rack about 20 feet above ground level on a cargo vessel while the injured employee was working on the middle rack approximately 10 feet below the second lasher employee. The lasher rod popped out of the container corner casting and the second employee's hand and fell striking the injured employee on the left eyebrow and causing a laceration. Afterwards, the employee lost consciousness and was hospitalized.
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An employee was dislodging a pallet that was stuck when boxes of product fell onto them, causing them to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured femur.
An employee was working to set a polish rod in a stuffing box into seals. While the polish rod was being rotated to get past the seals, the suspended rotator assembly came loose, fell, and crushed the employee's left hand against the stuffing box. The employee suffered a laceration to the hand, as well as fractures to the thumb and index finger. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
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