Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at HELLAS CONSTRUCTION, INC., 1902 N. Adam St, BEEVILLE, TEXAS 78102
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the eye(s).
Final narrative
An employee was cutting concrete when a piece of concrete chipped off and struck the employee's left eye. The employee required surgery.
An employee was cleaning up the jobsite, including an onsite mixing machine. The employee removed an access cover to the auger and the auger grabbed his gloved left hand, amputating the tips of his left index and ring fingers and his little finger at the third knuckle. The mixing machine was in operation at the time.
An employee was assisting in setting up a protective liner along a fence line in the football field track area. When the employee went to gain support on a stadium light tower, he was shocked by an electrical panel. The employee lost consciousness, fell to the ground, and sustained contusions to the right cheek from the fall.
At 3:30 p.m. on July 6, 2022, an employee was cleaning dirt from a curve with a shovel when he developed heat-related cramps in his legs and arms and a headache. He was hospitalized, suffering from dehydration.
A low impact collision occurred when a skid steer backed into a buggy. During impact, the injured employee suffered a fractured fibula, requiring hospitalization.
An employee was working with two other employees to ensure the proper setup/startup of an extrusion machine. The injured employee was conducting a quality check of the product on the conveyor between the extrusion and fibrillation roller when his left hand was caught between the conveyor roller and fibrillator, resulting in a left hand amputation.
An employee was tossing a damaged toilet into a compactor. The toilet bounced off the compactor and lacerated the employee's right wrist, cutting an artery and tendon.
An employee was operating a hydraulic jack to bend a frame when the jack came loose and struck the employee. They were hospitalized for a spleen injury.
A truck had been towed into the shop with a flat tire and a blown airbag. An employee checked the tire for damage and was airing the tire. The employee was installing the valve core when the bead slipped off the rim. Air escaped, and the aluminum wheel struck the employee's head and face. The employee became unresponsive and was bleeding.
On December 14, 2023, at 8:40 p.m., three employees were inspecting milling machines for startup. A few of the sleeves on the mill drum needed to be changed out. The injured employee was trying to input a sleeve on the mill drum using a hammer. The hammer hit the edge of the drum, which caused a metal piece to splinter off and strike the employee's cheek just below the left eye. The metal splinter embedded in the back of their eye socket, resulting in pain, swelling, and bleeding that required hospitalization.
An employee was pushing a line of carts into a vestibule when the door cable snapped and struck his right ankle. The employee suffered a fracture that required surgery and hospitalization.
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The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.
An employee was installing insulation in a wall when she tripped on a hole (12" deep) and fell, hitting her head on the concrete floor. The employee sustained fractures to her leg and wrist, and lacerations to her head. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was loading a 4-inch wooden door into a pickup truck when he felt a pop in his right side behind his shoulder blade. He was hospitalized later that day and underwent surgery, having suffered a collapsed right lung.
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.