Keystone Concrete Placement

On August 28, 2024, an employee utilized a sawhorse and a circular saw to cut a 2 x 4. The saw struck a knot in the board and kicked back, amputating the tip of the employee's thumb.

An employee was using a hand grinder to eliminate discrepancies on columns around the project when the grinder jumped and came out of the employee's hands. They sustained a little finger amputation.

An employee was cutting a hole in a plywood wall using a rotary saw when the employee sustained a laceration to the leg that resulted in hospitalization.

An employee was using a 16-pound sledgehammer to set formwork for concrete along the side of the street when the hammer struck his right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

The injured employee was part of a wrecking crew removing plywood formwork from a structural concrete deck. He was using a pry bar to loosen the formwork. As he was pushing the pry bar upward, the formwork separated from the concrete and the pry bar slipped upward, smashing his left index finger between the bar and a metal support pole and causing amputation of the proximal joint.

The injured employee was holding a board that was being cut by another employee. The board kicked back, causing the saw to amputate the employee's left little finger and lacerate their left hand, resulting in nerve damage.

On September 26, 2023, an employee was working in a trench box while a co-worker was lowering a piece of plastic pipe by hand using a rope. The pipe swung and struck the employee's hand, fracturing their right thumb and middle and ring fingers. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee went over to a co-worker's station while the co-worker was using a powered meat knife. As the injured employee was pointing, his right index fingertip was amputated.

Two employees were using a handheld banding tool to make banding tape for tent set-ups. One employee was holding the banding tool and the injured employee was looping a metal clip around the tape. The tool closed while the injured employee's hand was near the banding mechanism. The banding tape caught the employee's right ring finger as it tightened, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was holding a branch against a log on the ground to make a wedge while another employee was using a chainsaw to cut the wedge. The saw slipped and struck the employee holding the branch, resulting in a laceration to the right wrist.

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 inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

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.